Researchers have discovered a rare songbird that is male on one side of its body, and female on the other. "Everyone here, I mean the whole crew, was just so excited," Annie Lindsay, the nature reserve's bird banding program manager, told CNN. This songbird is the fifth half-male, half-female bird to be discovered by the nature reserve. Male and female Grosbeaks are distinguished by their color: males have pink "wing pits," while females are yellow-brown. Lindsay was able to take feather samples of this songbird, which the nature reserve plans to use for a genetic analysis to see what else they can find out about it.

Source: CNN October 22, 2020 15:45 UTC