False Mating of Blackbirds (Turdus merula) and Fieldfares (Turdus pilaris)

ABSTRACT During an intensive study of the urban population of the blackbird Turdus merula in Szczecin (1997–2023), four cases of surrogate copulation were observed in the blackbird and three in the fieldfare Turdus pilaris. In three cases, birds (blackbirds twice and fieldfare once) try to copulate...

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Main Authors: Dariusz Wysocki, Joanna Dudzińska‐Nowak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2025-01-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70663
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