A predation attempt by an Oriental Cuckoo on Asian Stubtail nestlings(10.1MB, 00:01:00)Shot Date: 2010/06/18 Shot Location: Hitsujigaoka Experimental Forest of Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Sapporo, Hokkaido, JAPAN | ||
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Animalia >Chordata >Aves >Cuculiformes >Cuculidae >Cuculus >
M. Kamioki, N. Kawaji, K. Kawaji & K. Ueda (2011) A predation attempt of an Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus on Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps nestlings. Forktail 27: 93-95.
An Oriental Cuckoo approached a nest on 18 June at 13h21, just one day before the expected fledging date. The cuckoo appeared to attack the nestlings with its bill. All this six fledglings flushed out and then received parental care during the post-fledging period. A similar case was video-taped in the exact same place in July 1996 (Kawaji 2009, Jpn. J. Ornith., DataNumber: momo110208cs03a, URL:http://zoo2.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ethol/showdetail.php?movieid=momo110208cs03a&flv=1). Still, the Asian Stubtail may be a rare host and the Eastern Crowned Warbler being the main host for the Oriental Cuckoo in this area (Kamioki et al. 2011, Strix).
(Data No.momo110607co01b)
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