Brood parasitism on the Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia) by the Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus optatus) in an artificial nestbox in Beijing

Abstract

100875, China Abstract The artificial nestbox on an Asian White Birch ( Betula platyphylla ) (1360 m in elevation) was used by a pair of Yellow-rumped Flycatcher ( Ficedula zanthopygia ) in Beijing, and five eggs were found in the nest in 2005. One was much larger and was identified as the Oriental Cuckoo’s ( Cuculus optatus