How precise is egg discrimination in weaverbirds

By D. Lahti, A. Lahti. 2002

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Subfields: Ecology

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The evolution of virulence in brood parasites (2005, background): “For example, Village Weaverbirds (Ploceus cucullatus) are very good at recognizing and rejecting foreign eggs, and their skills are not significantly improved by the presence of their own eggs in the nest (Lahti & Lahti 2001).”
Conspecific Brood Parasitism in Birds: A Life-History Perspective (2008, background): “In both village weavers (Ploceus cucullatus) and American coots, egg rejection is more likely for eggs that differ in appearance from the host’s eggs, indicating visual cues are used in recognition (Lahti & Lahti 2002, Lyon 2003).”
Advances in the Study of Coevolution Between Avian Brood Parasites and Their Hosts (2014, background): “…mechanisms: comparing the eggs in the nest to an internal template of the appearance of the host’s own eggs (true recognition; Rothstein 1975, Lotem et al. 1995, Lahti & Lahti 2002) or identifying the odd egg, or eggs, in its clutch (discordancy hypothesis; Rothstein 1975, Marchetti 2000).”