ECOLOGY
ORGANISMS AND POPULATION
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Cuckoo and Crow
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Sparrow and pigeon
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Crow and sparrow
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Cuckoo and pigeon
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Detailed explanation-1: -Brood parasitism is a method of parasitism in which the organism lays its eggs in the nest of other birds and let that other bird to incubate them. Example : The cuckoo bird lays its eggs in the nest of crow and during the period of evolution, eggs of cuckoo bird has began to resemble with the eggs of crow.
Detailed explanation-2: -cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is a brood parasite; i.e., it lays its eggs in the nests of other birds, which act as foster parents for the young cuckoos. The most frequent foster parents are various species of small songbirds.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Koel is a truant parent, and to ensure the survival of its kind takes on the role of a brood parasite of the House Crow. The female Koel slyly approaches the unguarded nest of the House Crow, lays eggs in it, and slips away.
Detailed explanation-4: -Is the cuckoo-crow relationship parasitic or mutualistic? Many species of cuckoo are brood parasites-they place their eggs in nests of other birds, often to the detriment of the host bird.