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Strange Bird Spotted in a Texas Backyard Is the First Known Hybrid Between a Blue Jay and a Green Jay

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/strange-bird-spotted-in-a-texas-backyard-is-the-first-known-hybrid-between-a-blue-jay-and-a-green-jay-180987383/

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Smithsonian Magazine

Strange Bird Spotted in a Texas Backyard Is the First Known Hybrid Between a Blue Jay and a Green Jay

The ranges of the two parent bird species have expanded due to climate change and now overlap around San Antonio, researchers say

A male blue jay on the left, a female green jay on the right and a hybrid offspring of the two species in the center which has the body and markings of both.

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