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Brood Parasites Flashcards

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What species does the Lesser Honeyguide parasitize?

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Tree-hole nesters: Mainly barbets but also bee-eaters, kingfishers, and starling nests.

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What species does the Greater Honeguide parasitize?

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Tree-hole nesters: Woodland Kingfisher, Green Wood-hoopoe, Barbets, etc.

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What species does the Common Cuckoo parasitize?

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Reed Warbler (Europe) Does not breed in Africa!

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What species does the African Cuckoo parasitize?

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Forktailed Drongo

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What species does the Red-Chested Cuckoo parasitize?

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White-browed Robin-chat; Red-capped Robin-chat; White-throated Scrub-robin; Bearded Scrub-robin; etc

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What species does the Black Cuckoo parasitize?

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Southern Boubou

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What species does the Levaillant’s Cuckoo parasitize?

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Arrow-marked Babbler

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What species does the Jacobin Cuckoo parasitize?

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Forktailed Drongo; Bulbuls

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What species does the Thick-billed Cuckoo parasitize?

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Retz’s Helmet-shrike

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What species does the Great Spotted Cuckoo parasitize?

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Burchell’s Starling; Pied Crow; Glossy Starling

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What species does the Diderick Cuckoo parasitize?

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Masked Weaver; (most other weavers); Rattling Cisticola; Paradise Flycatcher; etc (24 different species recorded – largest diversity)

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What species does the Klaas’s Cuckoo parasitize?

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Neddicky; Stone Chat; Chinspot Batis; Many sunbirds; etc

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What species does the African Emerald Cuckoo parasitize?

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Green-backed Camaroptera; Black-backed Puffback

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What species does the Pin-tailed Whydah parasitize?

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Common Waxbill, Neddicky

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What species does the Purple Indigobird parasitize?

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Jameson’s Firefinch

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What species does the Dusky Indigobird parasitize?

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African Firefinch

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What species does the Village Indigobird parasitize?

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Red-Billed Firefinch

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What species parasitizes the following bird species: Mainly barbets but also bee-eaters, kingfishers, and starling nests.?

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Lesser Honeyguide

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What species parasitizes the following bird species: Woodland Kingfisher, Green Wood-hoopoe, Barbets, etc. ?

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Greater Honeguide

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What species parasitizes the following bird species: Reed Warbler?

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Common Cuckoo

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What species parasitizes the following bird species: Forktailed Drongo?

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African Cuckoo

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What species parasitizes the following bird species: White-browed Robin-chat; Red-capped Robin-chat; White-throated Scrub-robin; Bearded Scrub-robin; etc?

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Red-Chested Cuckoo

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What species parasitizes the following bird species: Southern Boubou?

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Black Cuckoo

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What species parasitizes the following bird species: Arrow-marked Babbler?

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Levaillant’s Cuckoo

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What species parasitizes the following bird species: Forktailed Drongo; Bulbuls?

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Jacobin Cuckoo

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What species parasitizes the following bird species: Retz’s Helmet-shrike?

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Thick-billed Cuckoo

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What species parasitizes the following bird species: Burchell’s Starling; Pied Crow; Glossy Starling?

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Great Spotted Cuckoo

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What species parasitizes the following bird species: Masked Weaver; (most other weavers); Rattling Cisticola; Paradise Flycatcher; etc?

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Diderick Cuckoo

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What species parasitizes the following bird species: Neddicky; Stone Chat; Chinspot Batis; Many sunbirds; etc?

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Klaas’s Cuckoo

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What species parasitizes the following bird species: Green-backed Camaroptera; Black-backed Puffback?

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African Emerald Cuckoo

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What species parasitizes the following bird species: Common Waxbill, Neddicky?

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Pin-tailed Whydah

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What species parasitizes the following bird species: Jameson’s Firefinch ?

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Purple Indigobird

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What species parasitizes the following bird species: African Firefinch?

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Dusky Indigobird

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What species parasitizes the following bird species: Red-Billed Firefinch?

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Village Indigobird

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What species parasitizes the following bird species: Tawny Flanked Prinia & Cisticolas

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Cuckoo Finch

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What species parasitizes the following bird species: Cardinal Woodpecker; Golden-tailed Woodpecker; Black-collared Barbet

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Scaly-throated Honeyguide

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What species parasitizes the following bird species: Neddicky, many other Cisticolas (all of whom build enclosed nests)

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Brown-backed Honeybird

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What species does the Cuckoo Finch parasitize?

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Tawny Flanked Prinia & Cisticolas

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What species does the Scaly-throated Honeyguide parasitize?

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Cardinal Woodpecker; Golden-tailed Woodpecker; Black-collared Barbet

40
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What species does the Brown-backed Honeybird parasitize?

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Neddicky, many other Cisticolas (all of whom build enclosed nests)

41
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What does etepimeletic behaviour mean?

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This the behaviour of “begging” by chicks in a nest for food to be given to them by parents (or host parents). Brood parasite chicks will often practice the same etepimeletic behaviour as the hosts chicks to help deceive the host parents.

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What birds kill host chicks with a specialized hook on their mandible?

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Honeyguides

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What is a unique characteristic about honeyguides and what they can digest?

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They are able to digest bee wax due to a special enzyme they have in their digestive system

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What is the tradional belief behind the habit of honeyguides to lead people to honey?

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Some people believe that if you do not leave some of the honey-comb for the honeyguide once you have been led to the hive, the next time it will lead them to a lion or snake as revenge!!

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What is the genus of Honeyguides and what does it mean?

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Indicator. Greater Honeyguide: Indicator indicator Lesser Honeyguide: Indicator minor

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Which Whydah species is the only species that is not host specific?

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Pin Tailed Whydah

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What species does the Pin-tailed Whydah parasitize?

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Common Waxbill; Bronze Mannikin

48
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What species does the Shaft-tailed Whydah parasitize?

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Violet-eared Waxbill

49
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What species does the Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah parasitize?

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Green-winged Pytilia (Melba Finch)

50
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What species does the Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah parasitize?

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Orange-winged Pytilia

51
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What species parasitizes the following species: Common Waxbill; Bronze Mannikin (the only Vidua finch that is not host-specific)?

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Pin-tailed Whydah

52
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What species parasitizes the following species: Violet-eared Waxbill ?

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Shaft-tailed Whydah

53
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What species parasitizes the following species: Green-winged Pytilia (Melba Finch)?

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Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah

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What species parasitizes the following species: Orange-winged Pytilia ?

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Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah

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