(apologies-while moving back and forth for references and url's, this was accidentally sent unfinished)
With all due respect to Tony, there is not from what I have found general agreement about restricting the use of the term 'albino' to only birds displaying a total lack of melanin pigmentation as I noted in my original post. As referenced in the Cape May blog entry for which Tony provides the link below, Hein van Grouw published the article titled "Not every white bird is an albino: sense and nonsense about colour aberrations in birds<http://www.vogelringschier.nl/DB28%282%2979-89_2006.pdf>," in *Dutch Birding*. I had read this article and several others prior to posting my blog entries on the Salida are white hummingbird. I have only read summaries of a 2007 article published in the ABA's *Birding * by Jeff N. Davis, "Color Abnormalities in Birds: A Proposed Nomenclature for Birders" , proposed another set of terms based around ' amelanism' and it's variations (sorry if I goof this up but this is what I understood from a post by Chris Benesh on Bird Forum.net<http://www.birdforum.net/blog.php?b=79>). On my* Birds and Blooms* magazine blog entry<http://birdsandbloomsblog.com/2011/08/31/rare-albino-hummingbird-the-colorado-hummer/> I utilized information from Cornell's Feeder Watch webpage <http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/AboutBirdsandFeeding/Albinism_Leucism.htm>that is dated as updated in 2008 on the page. However I think the one that made the most sense to me was Sibley's discussion<http://www.sibleyguides.com/2011/08/abnormal-coloration-in-birds-melanin-reduction/#more-5997>which included the following: - "There has been *some recent discussion about the proper terminology for these conditions* (Buckley 1982, Davis 2007, van Grouw 2006), *with competing proposals from aviculturists, ornithologists, and birders*. One of the reasons for the disarray is the lack of a simple “umbrella” term for all conditions involving the reduction of melanin. Birders cannot be expected to analyze each odd bird and choose the proper term to apply to that particular form of melanin reduction, and this leads to misuse of technical terms. I propose that the term “albino” is already in popular use and has become the default name for the category. *Birders should continue to use the terms “albino” and “partial albino” to refer to any bird with abnormally white or pale feathers." *[my bolding] SeEtta Moss Canon City Personal blog @ http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com<http://birdsandnature.blogspot.com/> Blogging for Birds and Blooms magazine @ Birds and Blooms blog southcentral/<http://birdsandbloomsblog.com/category/southcentral/> On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 6:05 PM, <coloradodip...@aol.com> wrote: > Hi all: > > A primer on abnormally pale plumages can be found at > > > http://cmboviewfromthecape.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-12-12T13%3A32%3A00-05%3A00 > > (scroll down to the 5 Dec 2010 post). > > Enjoy, > > Tony Leukering > Villas, NJ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
