Two young common cuckoos (cuculus canorus) in two different clutches of the same pair of black redstarts (phoenicuros ochruros)

Natura Croatica

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 207-211

  Dolenec, Zdravko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Black redstart; Brood parasites; Common cuckoo; Cuculus canorus; North western Croatia; Phoenicurus ochruros

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; CLUTCH SIZE; PASSERINE;

CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CUCULIDAE; CUCULUS CANORUS; PHOENICURUS OCHRUROS; SETOPHAGA; VITACEAE;

EID: 67649214041     PISSN: 13300520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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