Date uploaded: 2022-10-26 15:07:23

Researchers have identified a new, rare hybrid of two songbirds found in the woods of western Pennsylvania. Through genomic sequencing and audio of the bird's song, the researchers were able to identify the rare hybrid – as a healthy, 1 -year-old male offspring of a rose-breasted grosbeak and a scarlet tanager. It is the "first-ever documented hybrid of its kind," according to Penn State University. Learn more about the tanabeak in the link in our bio. #birds #birdwatching