Short communication, Note

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

Zdravko Dolenec ; Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is an obligate interspecific brood parasite. I report the first observations of two young cuckoos in two different clutches of the same pair of black redstarts (Phoenicurus ochruros) in same year, 2007. I found a young cuckoo in the grape-growing area of Andraševec (46º00’N, 15º57’E; north-western Croatia), on May 25 (first clutch) and June 30 (second clutch), 2007. According to my previous findings, a pair of black redstarts lays the clutches in the same nest during one year. The nest was situated on the inner beam of a wooden vineyard hut.

Keywords

common cuckoo; Cuculus canorus; black redstart; Phoenicurus ochruros; brood parasites; north-western Croatia

Hrčak ID:

33944

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/33944

Publication date:

30.9.2008.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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