Author: Johnsgard, Paul A.
Title: The Avian Brood Parasites: Deception at the Nest
Description: New York / Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1997. orig.boards. 24x16cm, xiii,409 pp. Textual drawings & tables.. Minor rubbing. Light binding corner bumps. VG. ¶ Contents: Comparative Biology: An Overview of Brood Parasitism; Eco- morphology & Interspecifity Mimicry; Behavioral & Reproductive Ecology; Breeding Behavior; Host Retaliation: The Co-evolutionary Arms Race; The Avian Brood Parasites: Waterfowl (Family Anatidae); Honeyguides (Family Indicatoridae); Old World Cuckoos (Family Cuculidae); American Ground- cuckoos (Family Neomorphidae); African Parasitic Finches (Family Passeridae); Parasitic Cowbirds (Tribe Icterini); Appendices.

Keywords: Ornithology, Avian Ethology, Brood Parasites, Parasitic Birds, Animal Behaviour, Bird Behavior, Breeding Ecology, Reproductive, Zoology