Do great spotted cuckoo nestlings beg dishonestly?

► Great spotted cuckoo chicks can throw out food and continue begging. ► It is the only brood parasite species considered as begging dishonestly. ► Here, we demonstrate that cuckoos do not throw out food because they are satiated. ► And that, in this cuckoo species, as in other brood parasites, begging is not dishonest.