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BROOD PARASITISM [1 record]

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Record 1 2018-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Birds
DEF

The practice in certain bird species of depositing their eggs in the nest of another species.

CONT

Some birds ... simply lay their eggs in the nest of a pair of birds from another species, and leave them to the care of their hosts. This is called brood parasitism.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
  • Oiseaux
CONT

Le parasitisme de la reproduction atteint sa forme la plus complexe quand l'oiseau pond dans un nid étranger, laissant au propriétaire le soin de couver et d'élever les jeunes [...]

OBS

L'oiseau parasite ne fait pas de nid, ne couve pas ses œufs et n'élève pas ses petits. Il se contente de pondre dans le nid d'un oiseau d'une autre espèce (l'hôte), et c'est celui-ci qui se charge de l'incubation et du nourrissage.

Spanish

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