First record of Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus Linnaeus, 1758) parasitizing Green-headed Wagtail (Motacilla taivana (Swinhoe, 1863)) nests
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https://doi.org/10.33910/2686-9519-2025-17-2-263-268Keywords:
Common Cuckoo, Green-headed Wagtail, nest parasitism, Central Yakutia, YakutskAbstract
The paper documents the first confirmed brood parasitism of Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) on Green-headed Wagtail (Motacilla taivana) in Central Yakutia. A largely understudied M. taivana has nested regularly in Yakutsk since 2019. The 2024 observations at the Arctic State Agrotechnological University racetrack revealed the novel host-parasite relationship. Neck-collar sampling showed divergent chick diets: wagtail chicks primarily consumed Diptera (Culicidae larvae/adults), whereas cuckoo chicks fed on larger prey including Sympetrum flaveolum (Odonata), Gomphocerus sibiricus (Orthoptera), and Silphidae beetles (Coleoptera).
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