plumage
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Rare Bird with Half-Male, Half-Female Plumage Spotted in Colombia
According to experts, the specimen spotted in Colombia was a rare example of "bilateral gynandromorphy"—a condition in which one side of an animal exhibits male characteristics and the other female. Read more here.
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