File talk:Cuculus canorus egg.JPG
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(replaced from en:Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Birds#Note on Commons) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Help_desk#File%3ACuculus_canorus_egg.JPG Maybe someone here can help identify this curious egg whose attribution to a cuckoo is questioned. Shyamal (talk) 05:52, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
- Here it is: File:Cuculus canorus egg.JPG. Common Cuckoo is rare visitor in Alaska and never was found, as far as I know, in Great Smoky Mountains (East coast). North American Cuckoos are not brood parasites, so it's definitely not Cuckoo's egg. Hunu (talk) 12:49, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
- Could it belong to a cowbird? Shyamal (talk) 14:01, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
- Brown-headed cowbird "Rare breeder in Southeastern Alaska, accidental elsewhere"? http://aknhp.uaa.alaska.edu/species_summary_reports/pdfs/64.pdf William Avery (talk) 18:23, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
- Yes, thank you! And who is the host of the nest? Hunu (talk) 09:34, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
- I think the point being made above by William Avery is that it is very unlikely to belong to a cowbird. Shyamal (talk) 14:04, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
- Yes, but this photo was made in East coast (Great Smoky Mountains). I mentioned Alaska because it's only place where Common Cuckoo rarely could be found in USA. Hunu (talk) 17:58, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
- In Europe, host eggs are usually much smaller than the cuckoo's. What is the likely host in Alaska? cuckoos are quite specific in their choice of host Jimfbleak - talk to me? 18:42, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
- Excuse me for my rusty English. But this nest was pictured not in Alaska, but in Great Smoky Mountains. So of course, It is not cuckoo. Hunu (talk) 11:35, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
- In Europe, host eggs are usually much smaller than the cuckoo's. What is the likely host in Alaska? cuckoos are quite specific in their choice of host Jimfbleak - talk to me? 18:42, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
- Yes, but this photo was made in East coast (Great Smoky Mountains). I mentioned Alaska because it's only place where Common Cuckoo rarely could be found in USA. Hunu (talk) 17:58, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
- I think the point being made above by William Avery is that it is very unlikely to belong to a cowbird. Shyamal (talk) 14:04, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
- Yes, thank you! And who is the host of the nest? Hunu (talk) 09:34, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
- Brown-headed cowbird "Rare breeder in Southeastern Alaska, accidental elsewhere"? http://aknhp.uaa.alaska.edu/species_summary_reports/pdfs/64.pdf William Avery (talk) 18:23, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
- Could it belong to a cowbird? Shyamal (talk) 14:01, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
<--(OUTDENT) The spotted egg looks good for brown-headed cowbird, a brood parasite common in the east, and certainly present in the Great Smoky Mountains. These cowbirds have been recorded parasitizing scores of species in North America -- some with larger eggs, and some with smaller. I'm not sure the host species can be identified, given the plain white eggs; these could belong to any number of species. MeegsC (talk) 16:22, 24 April 2017 (UTC)
- Thank you Hunu (talk) 15:33, 30 April 2017 (UTC)
