Conspecific brood parasitism and nest predation in moorhens

Abstract

Conspecific brood parasitism was investigated in three species of moorhens on three different continents: common moorhens in the United Kingdom, lesser moorhens in Namibia, and American moorhens in Panama. These are nest data used to summarize population-level rates of conspecific brood parasitism and nest predation. The data reported here were collected using similar field methods, and include nest dates, clutch sizes (number of host eggs), number of parasitic eggs, and nest fates.