The Feathered Desert Podcast

Hybridization: The True Mystery of What’s That Bird?


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Summary: What's that bird you ask? It looks sorta like a Rose-breasted Grosbeak but not. Maybe it's a hybrid! Join Cheryl and Kiersten as they give you a short tutorial on bird hybridization in the wild.

Show Notes: 

https://www.audubon.org/news/the-amazing-wold-hybrid-birds

https://www.allaboutbirds.org

“A Deep Dive into the Oriole Genome Tackles the Mystery of Hybridization” by Rebecca Heisman

“Analysis: Hybrid Birds are Supercolliders of Speciation” by Irby Lovette

“One Species or Two? A Winner Emerges in the Great Oriole Debate” by Pat Leonard and Marc Devokaittis

 

We are no longer sponsored by Wild Birds Unlimited, Mesa but through personal experience we highly recommend their products. 

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The Feathered Desert PodcastBy Kiersten Gibizov and Cheryl McAllister