Claire Taylor

How do brood-parasitic cuckoos reconcile conflicting environmental and host selection pressures on egg size investment?

Claire J Taylor, Naomi E Langmore

Journal article  |  2020  |  Animal Behaviour

Brood-parasitic cuckoos lay their eggs in the nests of other birds and thereafter abandon their young to the care of the host. Thu..

A superb solo, or a deviant duet? Overlapping songs in superb fairy-wrens

Claire J Taylor, Michelle L Hall, Kristal E Cain, Naomi E Langmore

Journal article  |  2019  |  BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Avian duets are formed when 2 birds coordinate their songs. Most research on the evolution and function of duetting has focused on..

Experimental increase in eviction load does not impose a growth cost for cuckoo chicks

Iliana Medina, Michelle L Hall, Claire J Taylor, Raoul A Mulder, Naomi E Langmore

Journal article  |  2019  |  BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Abstract: Chicks of many avian brood parasites evict their hosts’ eggs within 48 h of hatching. This behavior eliminates competiti..