ML378809511 OBI 162694
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- Alter und Geschlecht
- juvenil, Geschlecht unbekannt - X
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Juvenile with foster parent. Remarks: One morning we walked out of the hotel and crossed over an expressway in the heart of the city, adjacent to the coast. At the end of the overhead bridge we spotted a juvenile Little Bronze Cuckoo being fed by two Golden-bellied Gerygones in a young Rain Tree (Albizia saman). The birds were at eye level. The two host parents were actively ‘bouncing about' looking for food to feed ‘their' young. We saw a number of feeding episodes; all were caterpillars or larvae taken from the trees. The juvenile Little Bronze Cuckoo would call out frequently to be the fed. The host parents only responded with typical Golden-bellied Gerygone calls when they sensed danger (like our approach); otherwise they were silent. Note that "Cuckoos of the World, by Johannes Erritzøe, Clive F. Mann, Frederik P. Brammer and Richard A. Fuller. Helm, 2012" offers a number of hosts for this cuckoo especially in Australia. It states that Golden-bellied Gerygone is the common host in Malay Peninsula (West Malaysia) but that the Olive-backed Sunbird is also a recognised host in Singapore (just across the crossway from we were watching). Wells 2007 states that the exclusively proven host in Malay Peninsula is the Golden-bellied Gerygone. -Amar. Date added to OBI: December 05, 2018.
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