Bee-Eater Clutch Parasitised by a Honeyguide (IMAGE)

University of Cambridge

Bee-Eater Clutch Parasitised by a Honeyguide

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This is a bee-eater clutch parasitised by a honeyguide; the larger egg is a honeyguide egg, and the smaller eggs are all rotten because they have been punctured by the laying female honeyguides.

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Claire Spottiswoode, University of Cambridge

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