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Baltimore, Bullock’s orioles will retain separate identities – Mirage News
A half-century of controversy over two popular bird species may have finally come to an end. In one corner: the Bullock’s oriole, found in the western…
A half-century of controversy over two popular bird species may have finally come to an end.
In one corner: the Bullock’s oriole, found in the western half of North America. In the other corner: the Baltimore oriole, from the eastern half. Where their ranges meet in the Great Plains, the two mix freely and produce apparently healthy hybrid offspring. The controversy: Are Bullock’s and Baltimore one species or two?
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The Baltimore oriole.
According to scientists fr…
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