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Researchers in Texas have observed a rare hybrid bird resulting from a blue jay and a green jay mating, likely due to climate change expanding the green jay's range northward, leading to new species interactions and hybridization.
A rare hybrid bird called the 'Grue Jay', a mix between a Blue Jay and a Green Jay, was discovered near San Antonio, highlighting rapid environmental changes and species interactions due to climate change. Genetic testing confirmed its parentage, and such hybrids are unusual given the distant relation between the parent species, which are expanding their ranges northward.
Scientists in Texas observed the first wild hybrid of a blue jay and a green jay, species whose lineages diverged 7 million years ago, indicating possible underreported hybridization events due to limited detection.