Labels:text | screenshot | font | number OCR: BROOD PARASITE A bird that tricks parents of another species into raising its hatchlings so that it does not have to build a nest or look after its young. A brood parasite removes one of the host's eggs and lays one to replace it. The chicks of brood parasites normally hatch early and grow quickly. They often kill the other nestlings so that they get all the food brought back by the host parents.
