Table 4. Number of ashy-throated parrotbill nests parasitized by common cuckoos.
Year | ||||||||
Host | Parasite | 1999 | 2004 | 2005 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | Total |
Blue | white | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Blue | pale | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Blue | blue | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
Pale | pale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
White | white | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
White | blue | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
All | 5 (6.9) | 5 (7.1) | 2 (3.3) | 4 (2.6) | 6 (7.1) | 2 (1.8) | 24 (4.3) | |
Total | 72 | 70 | 61 | 153 | 85 | 114 | 555 |
White = white egg, pale = pale blue egg, blue = blue egg. “All” refers to the total number of nests parasitized (parasitism rate (% nests parasitized) in brackets). “Total” refers to the total number of nests recorded, whether parasitized or not, and was used in the calculation of parasitism rate.