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" Songs " of cuckoos Egg laying by the common cuckoo Egg mimicry Turaco feather pigments Nesting sites Plumage succession Hearing. other species , which then rear the young cuckoos . Other cuckoos make their own nests , in which they ...
" Songs " of cuckoos Egg laying by the common cuckoo Egg mimicry Turaco feather pigments Nesting sites Plumage succession Hearing. other species , which then rear the young cuckoos . Other cuckoos make their own nests , in which they ...
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... cuckoo is able to place her egg in the nest after the host has started the clutch but before incubation has begun . It is well established that the common cuckoo lays eggs at 48 - hour intervals , and apparently some glossy cuckoos lay ...
... cuckoo is able to place her egg in the nest after the host has started the clutch but before incubation has begun . It is well established that the common cuckoo lays eggs at 48 - hour intervals , and apparently some glossy cuckoos lay ...
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... cuckoos migrate toward or across the equator for the winter . The migrations of some species are remarkable in that the young of the year travel com- pletely independently of their parents and may cross up to 3,200 kilometres ( 2,000 ...
... cuckoos migrate toward or across the equator for the winter . The migrations of some species are remarkable in that the young of the year travel com- pletely independently of their parents and may cross up to 3,200 kilometres ( 2,000 ...
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