this green honeycreeper exhibits a genetic mutation known as bilateral gynandromorphism, where one half of the body is male and one half is female. the bird was spotted in the wild in columbia; researchers suspect the bird is not able to reproduce, but appears to be in good health. they are the second known example of a bilateral gynandromorph green honeycreeper; the last was recorded over 100 years ago.
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Scientist Photographs Once in a Lifetime Sighting of Bird with Half Male and Half Female Plumage https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientist-photographs-once-in-a-lifetime-sighting-of-bird-with-half-male-and-half-female-plumage/
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BOTD: Green Honeycreeper
Photo: Doug Greenberg
"Very attractive small tanager of humid tropical lowlands. Found in humid evergreen forest edges, plantations, and gardens; at times with mixed-species feeding flocks of honeycreepers and euphonias. Often in pairs, feeding at all levels in fruiting trees and bushes."
- eBird
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Green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) getting an earful from a Saffron-crowned tanager (Tangara xanthocephala), in Colombia’s Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Photo by Ignacio Yúfera.
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saíra resgatada
no sábado encontramos esta bichinha quase afogada dentro da piscina…algumas massagens, sopros e remedinhos depois….ela estava mais espertinha dentro do cesto.
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male and female green honeycreepers at Las Cruces Biological Station
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Amer Cavalcant
Green Honeycreeper, native to South America.
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green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) by Dario Sanches
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Green Honeycreeper by Kathy Hicks
Via Flickr:
Asa Wright Nature Center, Trinidad
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blue dacnis & sombre hummingbird fighting for the flower | source
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Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) in Colombia. Photo by Ernesto Obando.
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