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The green honeycreeper is only the second of its species ever observed with this condition—and the first recorded in more than 100 years
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The green honeycreeper is only the second of its species ever observed with this condition—and the first recorded in more than 100 years
“It is very striking; I was very privileged to see it.”
This is the first record of a bilateral gynandromorph in this species in more than 100 years.
An "extremely rare" half-female, half-male bird was photographed -- in a sighting that has only been made once over 100 years ago.
The female Green Honeycreeper bird is appropriately enough colored green, whereas the male is blue. So, what happens when a Honeycreeper is half of each sex? Well, as recently taken photos show us, the bird is blue on the right and green on the left.