巢寄生证明了宿主和寄生虫的密切共同进化,例如在一些杜鹃中。这些鸟不自己筑巢,而是在其他物种的巢中产卵,排出或杀死寄主的卵和幼鸟,从而对寄主的生殖适应性产生严重的负面影响。它们的卵伪装成它们寄主的卵,这意味着寄主能够区分自己的卵和入侵者的卵,并且处于一种进化的军备竞赛中,杜鹃介于伪装和识别之间。杜鹃与寄主相反,具有加厚的蛋壳、较短的孵化期(所以它们的幼鸟先孵化)以及适于将蛋提出巢外的平背等特征。<ref name="Weiblen">{{cite web |last1=Weiblen |first1=George D. |title=Interspecific Coevolution |url=http://geo.cbs.umn.edu/Weiblen2003.pdf |publisher=Macmillan |date=May 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rothstein |first1=S.I |year=1990 |title=A model system for coevolution: avian brood parasitism |journal=Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics |volume=21 |pages=481–508 |doi=10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.21.1.481}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Cuckoo : cheating by nature|last=Davies, N. B. (Nicholas B.), 1952-|others=McCallum, James (Wildlife artist)|date=7 April 2015|isbn=978-1-62040-952-7|edition=First U.S.|location=New York, NY|oclc=881092849}}</ref> | 巢寄生证明了宿主和寄生虫的密切共同进化,例如在一些杜鹃中。这些鸟不自己筑巢,而是在其他物种的巢中产卵,排出或杀死寄主的卵和幼鸟,从而对寄主的生殖适应性产生严重的负面影响。它们的卵伪装成它们寄主的卵,这意味着寄主能够区分自己的卵和入侵者的卵,并且处于一种进化的军备竞赛中,杜鹃介于伪装和识别之间。杜鹃与寄主相反,具有加厚的蛋壳、较短的孵化期(所以它们的幼鸟先孵化)以及适于将蛋提出巢外的平背等特征。<ref name="Weiblen">{{cite web |last1=Weiblen |first1=George D. |title=Interspecific Coevolution |url=http://geo.cbs.umn.edu/Weiblen2003.pdf |publisher=Macmillan |date=May 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rothstein |first1=S.I |year=1990 |title=A model system for coevolution: avian brood parasitism |journal=Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics |volume=21 |pages=481–508 |doi=10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.21.1.481}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Cuckoo : cheating by nature|last=Davies, N. B. (Nicholas B.), 1952-|others=McCallum, James (Wildlife artist)|date=7 April 2015|isbn=978-1-62040-952-7|edition=First U.S.|location=New York, NY|oclc=881092849}}</ref> |