Parentless Parasitic Cowbirds Learn Their Species
TL;DR
Cowbird chicks, which hatch without parental care due to brood parasitism, learn their species and social behaviors by hanging out with unrelated adult female cowbirds rather than their biological parents, challenging previous assumptions about parental reunion in these birds.
Topics:science#animal-behavior#bird-learning#brood-parasitism#cowbirds#science#species-identification
How Parasitic Cowbirds With No Parents Learns What Species They Are The New York Times
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