Red Gallery – Northern Cardinal | H.J. Ruiz

Red Gallery – Northern Cardinal

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Have you ever seen this!

FYI:

This Northern Cardinal was caught and banded by IBBA ( Inland Bird Banding Association) members in central Texas!

The bird shows apparent bilateral gynandromorphism, a rare abnormality that causes it to have female plumage on one side of its body and male on the other. Such birds have both an ovary and a testis.

Right side

Left side

Amazing!

Tags: birding, birds, Interesting information, Northern Cardinal, photography, photos of birds, Red Gallery

19 thoughts on “Red Gallery – Northern Cardinal”

Dorinda Duclos on December 7, 2019 at 8:11 am said:

Wow! Thanks for sharing, HJ!! That’s an incredible looking bird! 😮

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- H.J. for avian101 on December 7, 2019 at 4:34 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Dorinda. 🙂
  
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  - Dorinda Duclos on December 7, 2019 at 9:00 pm said:
    
    My pleasure, HJ. 🙂
bayphotosbydonna on December 7, 2019 at 8:20 am said:

Fabulous Reds! And, no I had not seen the Cardinal caught in Texas, WOW WOW WOW! Thank you for sharing, HJ!! 🙂

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- H.J. for avian101 on December 7, 2019 at 4:39 pm said:
  
  Thanks, so much my friend, I thought the same when I saw the report. 😊
  
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shoreacres on December 7, 2019 at 10:35 am said:

What an amazing bird. I’ve seen photos of yellow cardinals before, but this is really something. I noticed last night a bright red cardinal hopping around in a shrub in front of my new place. My hope for more and different birds may be satisfied.

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- H.J. for avian101 on December 7, 2019 at 4:47 pm said:
  
  This one amazed me too! I hope your new place will bring you more opportunities to see different birds. Thank you, Linda. 🙂
  
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susanpoozan on December 7, 2019 at 2:28 pm said:

How very interesting, thanks for the photos.

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- H.J. for avian101 on December 7, 2019 at 5:03 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much, Susan. 🙂
  
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aussiebirder on December 7, 2019 at 2:43 pm said:

How very extraordinary HJ! thanks for sharing.

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- H.J. for avian101 on December 7, 2019 at 5:04 pm said:
  
  Thanks a lot, Ashley. 🙂
  
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Rolling Harbour on December 7, 2019 at 6:11 pm said:

The most amazing sight! I’ve never come across this. Such a great ‘get’. Watch out leucistic birds, there’s a new plumage and gender variation on the block!

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- H.J. for avian101 on December 7, 2019 at 7:14 pm said:
  
  Isn’t it something? That’s why I think that some extinct animals might reoccur in the future. Thanks, RH. 🙂
  
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tootlepedal on December 7, 2019 at 6:28 pm said:

It was interesting to see your two sided bird.

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- H.J. for avian101 on December 7, 2019 at 7:16 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Tom. 🙂
  
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Jet Eliot on December 8, 2019 at 10:07 am said:

Now there’s a variation I have never seen before. How very interesting and beautiful. As if the bird laid in the sun on one side too long. Thanks HJ.

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- H.J. for avian101 on December 8, 2019 at 5:35 pm said:
  
  This bilateral gynandromorphism, was unknown to me. I was very surprised by it. I’ve never seen this before. Thank you very much, my friend. 🙂
  
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Clare Pooley on December 9, 2019 at 2:00 am said:

How very strange! Thank you for sharing these photos, HJ.

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H.J. for avian101 on December 9, 2019 at 7:03 pm said:

Thanks for reading my blogs as always, Clare. 🙂

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