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Edgar P. Chance, The Cuckoo’s Secret (1922), is an important and highly readable book about the common cuckoo. See also Ian Wyllie, The Cuckoo (1981). D.E. Davis, “Social Nesting Habits of the Smooth-Billed Ani,” Auk, 57:179–218 (1940), presents the results of extensive fieldwork on anis. Herbert Friedmann, The Parasitic Cuckoos of Africa (1948), Evolutionary Trends in the Avian Genus Clamator (1964), and The Evolutionary History of the Avian Genus Chrysococcyx (1968), are technical papers on Old World tropical cuckoos. Reginald E. Moreau, “A Contribution to the Biology of the Musophagiformes, the So-Called Plantain-Eaters,” Ibis, 2: 639–671 (1938), is one of the few detailed studies of musophagids.
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| Article title updated for style. | Nov 12, 2026 | ||
| Invalidated site: Plos Journals - PLOS ONE - Chromosomal evolution and phylogenetic considerations in cuckoos (Aves, Cuculiformes, Cuculidae). | Mar 10, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Diet Specialization And Brood Parasitism in Cuckoo Species. | Dec 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Plos Journals - PLOS ONE - Chromosomal evolution and phylogenetic considerations in cuckoos (Aves, Cuculiformes, Cuculidae). | Sep 07, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Diet Specialization And Brood Parasitism in Cuckoo Species. | Jan 24, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 14, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jul 09, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |
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