Male cardinals are red. Female cardinals are tan. The odd bird that's been roosting outside John and Shirley Caldwell's kitchen in Erie, Pennsylvania, is an even split of both. Divided down the ...

Plumage is a term that refers to the characteristics of a bird's feathers. Shown here is the normal plumage of an adult northern cardinal. The female northern cardinal is often thought of as not ...

Pyrrhuloxia birds look like cardinals; ... Yes, the tufted titmouse is gray and white, not red, but its head crest might trick you into thinking it is a female cardinal. Cedar Waxwing.

Hill, 69, who has been watching birds for 48 years, said he'd never seen one comparable with the bilateral gynandromorph northern cardinal. "This has been the most exciting," he said. Contributing ...

A "once-in-a-lifetime” sighting made by a Pennsylvania birdwatcher took internet flight in late February 2021 when photographs claimed to capture a half-male, half-female northern cardinal. The ...

Male cardinals are the deep-red color commonly associated with the bird, but female cardinals are a pale tan. The cardinal that the Caldwells saw was exactly half and half.

Hill, 69, who has been watching birds for 48 years, said he'd never seen one comparable with the bilateral gynandromorph northern cardinal. "This has been the most exciting," he said. Contact Dana ...

While birds have a pair of ovaries, the only functional one is on the left side — which in this cardinal is female, so it is theoretically possible that it could lay eggs, Dr. Hooper said.

Exclusive video reveals half-male, half-female cardinal Birdwatchers in Erie, Pennsylvania, found an incredibly uncommon bird—in their backyard.

A bird-watcher in Pennsylvania snapped a photo of a “one-in-a-million” encounter with a northern cardinal that was half male and half female. Jamie Hill, 69, who has been bird-watching for ...