Is there a requirement for albino birds to have pink eyes? Animals that are white are considered albino only if they have pink eyes, I believe. The Seneca army depot white deer are not albinos because they have brown eyes and they are considered to have just the recessive genes for color in Whitetail deer. Bill's bird has dark colored eyes. Or it looks like that in photos.
Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott On May 2, 2015, at 8:54 AM, "Kevin J. McGowan" <k...@cornell.edu> wrote: > Actually, I believe the term albino is more accurate for this bird. Albinism > refers to the lack of melanin pigments. True albinos can still contain > carotenoid-based pigments, such as the rosy wash on your bird. > > Kevin > > -----Original Message----- > From: bounce-119121704-3493...@list.cornell.edu > [mailto:bounce-119121704-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of > bilba...@pop.lightlink.com > Sent: Friday, May 01, 2015 10:17 PM > To: CAYUGABIRDS-L > Subject: Re:[cayugabirds-l] Albino Purple Finch Correction > > In my initial post the term leucistic would have been a more accurate > description of the bird... > > Bill > Baker > > --------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. > http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ > > > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.5941 / Virus Database: 4339/9675 - Release Date: 05/01/15 > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
