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Table 1 Overview of Orthotomus sutorius nests monitored at the Jahangirnagar university campus, Central Bangladesh in 2013

From: First record of Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius) parasitism by Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus) in Bangladesh

No.

Date nest found

Parasitism

Host egg color

Cuckoo egg color

No. of host + cuckoo eggs/chicks (C) when found

No. of host + cuckoo eggs/chicks (C) when predated

Predation date

1

20 April

Yes

Blue

Blue

3 + 1

1C + 1C

4 May

2

1 May

No

White

 

3 + 0

3 + 0

4 May

3

9 May

Yes

NA

NA

0 + 1C

0 + 1C

20 May

4

14 May

Yes

Blue

Blue

3 + 1

3 + 1

16 May

5

14 May

No

Blue

 

1 + 0

1 + 0

16 May

6

22 May

No

Blue

 

4 + 0

4 + 0

29 May

7

27 May

No

Blue

 

4 + 0

4 + 0

6 June

8

27 May

Yes

NA

NA

0 + 1C

0 + 1C

29 May

9

30 May

No

Blue

 

3 + 0

1 + 0

3 June

10

5 June

No

Blue

 

4 + 0

4 + 0

11 June

11

5 June

No

Blue

 

3 + 0

3 + 0

8 June

12

10 June

No

Blue

 

3 + 0

3 + 0

13 June

13

29 June

Yes

Blue

Blue

2 + 1

2 + 1

3 July

14

10 July

No

Blue

 

1 + 0

1 + 0

13 July

15

10 July

No

Blue

 

1 + 0

3 + 0

15 July

16

15 July

No

White

 

2 + 0

2 + 0

26 July