Abstract
W e report a case of brood-parasitism by the Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus of the Lovely Fairy-wren Malurus amabilis . We recorded by observation and photography a fledgling Brush Cuckoo being fed by a pair of Lovely Fairy-wrens in a period of 16 days during February and March 2016 in Cairns, Queensland. These observations are the first record of brood-parasitism by the Brush Cuckoo of the Lovely Fairy-wren.
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