Table S2. Summary of the published data for the empirical testing of the egg-matching hypothesis.

Former studies / Parasitism system / Parasitism rate (%) / Assessment values / Main found
Avilés et al. 2006 / Common cuckoo-reed warbler / 11.29 / Egg color / Chromatic matching
Cherry et al. 2007 / Common cuckoo-great reed warbler / 64a / Egg color / Chromatic matching
Antonov et al. 2012 / Common cuckoo-marsh warbler / 28b / Egg color and spot pattern / No matching
Honza et al. 2014 / Common cuckoo-great reed warbler / 31.1 / Egg color / Chromatic matching
Yang et al. 2015a / Common cuckoo-ashy-throated parrotbill / 4.3c / Egg color / No matching
Yang et al. 2015c / Plaintive cuckoo-tailorbirds / 17 / Egg color and spot pattern / No matching
Yang et al. 2016b / Common cuckoo-orient reed warbler / 65.5 / Egg color and spot pattern / No matching
This study / Common cuckoo-orient reed warbler / 16.9 / spot pattern / Egg-spot matching

Notes: the parasitism rate were obtained from the following references: a, Moskát and Honza 2002; b, Antovov et al. 2006; c, Yang et al. 2009