Northern Cardinal Spotted With Rare Abnormality

Central Texas (WTKR) — This northern cardinal was caught and banded by members of the Inland Bird Banding Association 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.
(Photo Credit: Inland Bird Banding Association via WTKR)
Such birds have both an ovary and a testis, says the IBBA.
In October, an extremely rare yellow northern cardinal was spotted in Port St. Lucie,