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Researchers describe first-ever hybrid bird species from the Amazon (phys.org)
40 points by dnetesn on Dec 26, 2017 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments



> A hybrid species forms when two parental species mate to produce a hybrid population, which then stops being able to freely interbreed with the parental species. In this case the two parents are the snow-capped manakin, named for its bright snowy-white crown feathers, and the opal-crowned manakin, named for its brilliant iridescent crown feathers.

Does anyone have photos of the species of birds and the offspring? or is the photo of a feather in the article the only thing that has been found?


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Le...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Pi...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Pi...

It seems that some literary licenses were taken and many articles about this case show different species of (more beautiful) birds instead. Maybe this is the reason for not having photos of it here. The original scientific article cite the three right species. Wikipedia points also to the wrong bird.


My first thought was that the marketplace-algosellers are going too far.

Had to reread two times to understand the actual title.


I was expecting a link to amazon at first. I do not feel smart currently.




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