Climate change results in rare hybrid bird between green jay and blue jay: Study

Warming temperatures have prompted a rare hybridization of a blue jay and green jay, according to researchers at the ...
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Strange Bird Spotted in a Texas Backyard Is the First Known Hybrid Between a Blue Jay and a Green Jay

Two years ago, Brian Stokes—a PhD student studying green jays at the University of Texas at Austin—came across an image on social media featuring a strange animal sighted in a suburb northeast of San ...

Rare Hybrid Bird Discovered in Texas Backyard

Scientists in Texas confirmed the existence of a rare hybrid bird, the offspring of a green jay and a blue jay. It’s one of the first known cases of climate change driving two species into the same ...
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Rare blue-and-green hybrid jay spotted in Texas is offspring of birds whose lineages split 7 million years ago

The hybrid bird is the product of two species whose habitat ranges began to overlap a few decades ago, potentially due to ...

Rare bird alert leads to blue jay-green jay hybrid discovery in Texas

A rare bird alert on the eBird app led University of Texas researchers to discover a rare hybrid from a blue jay and green jay mating.

A blue jay and a green jay mated, researchers say. Their offspring is a scientific marvel

The rare bird, spotted in a backyard in Texas, is the first known blue jay-green jay hybrid in the wild, according to a new study.
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What’s a ‘Grue Jay’? Introducing the new hybrid love child of the Blue and Green Jays

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new bird, discovered just outside of San Antonio, is taking the birding world by storm. Part Blue Jay, part Green Jay: the “Grue Jay”. The “Grue Jay” is slightly paler than its dad ...