Scientists capture ultra-rare half male, half female bird on camera

Scientists have captured on video an extremely rare bird with male colours on one half of its body and female plumage on the other half, shedding more light on androgyny in the animal kingdom.

The rare green honeycreeper bird was spotted on a farm at a nature reserve near Manizales, Colombia, researchers say.

It had aqua-blue feathers on one half and yellow-green plumage on the other with a clear boundary in the middle.

Typically males of the species have…