First case of a Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) egg in a Cinereous Tit (Parus cinereus) nest
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In the breeding season f 2018, we found a much larger egg in one nest of Cinereous Tit (Parus cinereus) Zuojia Nature Reserve, Jilin Province, China. The tit pair abandoned their soon after alien hatched, which resulted death foreign chick. Based on DNA identification, this chick was confirmed as Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), suggesting that woodpecker laid or carried her own eggs into nest. Limited cavity availability lost its might have contributed to occurrence.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Wilson Journal of Ornithology
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1938-5447', '1559-4491']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1676/19-00121