Scientists discovered an adorable little yellow throated hummingbird and thought it was a new species.
Turned out it was a hybrid between the Pink-Throated Brilliant Hummingbird and the Rufous-Webbed Brilliant Hummingbird.
Unlike mammals, birds do not suffer fertility problems when they hybridize (not all mammals do either, but...) It appears that there are multiple generations of these hybrids.
Hybrid, new species, or could it possibly be both?
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