Cuckoo finch egg in zitting cisticola nest (IMAGE)

University of Cambridge

Cuckoo finch egg in zitting cisticola nest

Caption

Cuckoo finch egg in zitting cisticola nest. Cuckoo finch eggs closely mimic the colour and pattern of the eggs of each of their several host species, to trick host parents into accepting the parasitic egg as one of their own. Here a cuckoo finch has successfully had its egg (at left) accepted in the nest of a zitting cisticola (egg at right).

Credit

Claire N. Spottiswoode

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