Unlike birds whose plumage is mostly blue, the green coloring of a green bird’s feathers is the result of pigment, not a trick of the light. These birds’ emerald green, lime green, chartreuse, or ...

For the first time, scientists have observed the wild hybrid offspring of a blue jay and a green jay during a study near San Antonio, Texas. The hybrid bird is the product of two species whose habitat ...

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What do you get when you cross a blue jay with a green jay? That’s not the start of a joke, but the subject of a new study that aims to describe a hybrid bird never encountered before in the wild. The ...

Discover seven rare birds with breathtaking colours, unique features, and extraordinary beauty. From the Indian Peacock to ...

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. Travis Maher / Cornell Lab of Ornithology / Macaulay Library (left); Brian Stokes ...

A new bird has been discovered in the San Antonio area, a hybrid between two species whose ranges are starting to overlap, in part likely due to climate change, researchers say. Researchers at the ...