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brood parasitism

reproduction strategy used by an organism that relies on others to raise its young
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brood parasitism

Summary

brood parasitism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,693 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • brood parasitism is a type of parasitism[2].
  • brood parasitism is a type of social parasitism[3].
  • brood parasitism is a type of kleptoparasitism[4].
  • brood parasitism's Commons category is recorded as Brood parasitism[5].
  • brood parasitism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Brood parasites[6].
  • brood parasitism's partially coincident with is recorded as non-paternity event[7].
  • brood parasitism's topic has template is recorded as Template:Brood parasite[8].
  • brood parasitism's practiced by is recorded as brood parasite[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include parasitism[2], social parasitism[3], and kleptoparasitism[4].

Why It Matters

brood parasitism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,693 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → parasitism, social parasitism, kleptoparasitism
    Topic's main category → Category:Brood parasites
    Practiced by → brood parasite
    Partially coincident with → non-paternity event
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 23715, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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