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ArticleCurrent zoology2025

Sparrowhawk imitation or convergent alarm signal? A new hypothesis for bubbling call of cuckoos with empirical testing.

Huisheng Wang, Xiangyang Chen, Jiaojiao Wang, Laikun Ma, Canchao Yang

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Article in Current zoology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Huisheng WangMinistry of Education Key Laboratory for Ecology of Tropical Islands, College of Life Sciences, Hainan Normal University, 99 South Longkun Road, Haikou 571158, Hainan Province, China.
Xiangyang ChenMinistry of Education Key Laboratory for Ecology of Tropical Islands, College of Life Sciences, Hainan Normal University, 99 South Longkun Road, Haikou 571158, Hainan Province, China.
Jiaojiao WangCollege of Life Science, Hebei University, East Wusi Road, Lianchi District, Baoding 071000, Hebei Province, China.
Laikun MaCollege of Life Science, Hebei University, East Wusi Road, Lianchi District, Baoding 071000, Hebei Province, China.
Canchao YangMinistry of Education Key Laboratory for Ecology of Tropical Islands, College of Life Sciences, Hainan Normal University, 99 South Longkun Road, Haikou 571158, Hainan Province, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9405-2749

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alarm calls in bird vocalizations serve as acoustic signals announcing danger. Owing to the convergent evolution of alarm calls, some bird species can benefit from eavesdropping on certain parameters of alarm calls of other species. Vocal mimicry, displayed by many bird species, aids defense against predators and may help brood parasites during parasitism. In the coevolutionary dynamics between brood parasites, such as the common cuckoo (

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acoustic mimicryanti-parasite strategyavian brood parasitismconvergent alarm callsyllable rate

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PMCPMC12376045

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