African cuckoos may have met their match with the fork-tailed drongo, which scientists predict can detect and reject cuckoo eggs from their nest on almost every occasion, despite them on average ...

Two drongo clutches parasitised by different African cuckoo females. In each clutch of eggs the cuckoo egg is on the right. A fork-tailed drongo nest that has been parasitised by an African cuckoo ...

For two million years African cuckoo finches have been tricking other birds into raising their young by mimicking the colour of their eggs, but new research suggests the tables may be turning in this ...

Cuckoos infiltrate the nests of other birds with similar-looking eggs, but drongos have evolved a highly effective way to snuff out the imposters. Their ability to recognise the uniquely patterned ...

A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has discovered an ingenuous trick by the African cuckoo finch to transfer her parental responsibilities to other birds. ...

African cuckoos may have met their match with the fork-tailed drongo, which scientists predict can detect and reject cuckoo eggs from their nest on almost every occasion, despite them on average ...

Egg 'signatures' will allow drongos to identify cuckoo 'forgeries' almost every time, study finds. African cuckoos may have met their match with the fork-tailed drongo, which scientists predict can ...