This bird was both. The extremely rare phenomenon is known as “a bilateral gynandromorph”. They differ from hermaphrodites who share both or partial male and female sexual reproductive organs ...

an unusual cardinal has appeared, displaying both male and female traits. Scientists say it may be a so-called gynandromorph. By Karen Weintraub A bird hopping outside the window lately is the ...

but this one may actually be fertile as the left side is female, and only the left ovary in birds in functional.” We may soon find out. Shirley Caldwell says the cardinal is always in the compan ...

"It was one of the experiences of a lifetime," Hill said about the bird that was bright red like a male cardinal on one side and brownish white like a female on the other. Known as a bilateral ...

Male cardinals are the deep-red color commonly associated with the bird, but female cardinals are a pale tan. The cardinal that the Caldwells saw was exactly half and half. “You get ...

After more investigation, the excitement came when Hill realized that he was looking at a rare bilateral gynandromorph cardinal. The bird is half male and half female meaning, according to Hill ...