European Cuckoo Birds Lay Their Eggs in the Nest of Other

question 32

Multiple Choice

European cuckoo birds lay their eggs in the nest of other bird species, allowing the other birds to raise their young. The cuckoo birds are therefore ____.

• A)mutualists
• B)commensals
• C)endosymbionts
• D)brood parasites
• E)ectoparasites

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