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 ...

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

This article was originally published on mentalfloss.com as For the First Time, Wild Blue Jay and Green Jay Produce Colorful Hybrid Offspring in Texas. It kinda looks like a blue jay, but it‘s a ...

Warming temperatures have prompted a rare hybridization of a blue jay and green jay, according to researchers at the University of Texas.