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Albino Animals - Birds
by Grandpa Cliff Jan 23, 2006
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Albino Peacock (male)
There are 7 webpages about albinos on Grandpa Cliff's Science Website for Teenagers.
Introduction - gives facts about albinos, and contains a list of all photos of albinos on this website
Birds (this webpage)
Read the Introduction webpage first if you want to better understand what is shown in the photos below.
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Photos of the following albino birds can be found below. They are arranged alphabetically.
Birds
Budgerigar (Budgie, Parakeet) (2)
Cardinal, Northern
Dove
Hummingbird, Ruby-throated (4)
Lovebird
Owl (2)
Peacock (2)
Penguin, African
Robin, American
Sparrow?
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Budgerigar (Budgie, Parakeet). This bird has the normal yellow beak.
It is the mother of the three other birds.
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Budgerigar (Budgie, Parakeet). Albino with pink eyes, beak and feet.
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A male Northern Cardinal, half white and half normal coloration.
A very unusual bird.
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Albino Dove with pink eyes, beak, and feet.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Beak is normally dark in color, as is also true of the bird on the left.
The one on the right has a pink bill. Both have dark eyes. [S]
Ruby-throated Hummingbird with pink bill.
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The foot of this Ruby-throated Hummingbird shows why
the feet of albino birds can look pink. Without any
pigmentation, we can actually see the blood vessels. [S]
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Fischer's Lovebird
The albino is supposed to be the offspring of the other two birds.
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An albino owl in Costa Rica (Central America).
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Great Horned Owl. It has yellow irises, which is the normal color.
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Peacock (male)
This
is an African Penguin, but it is more commonly called the Jackass Penguin because of
the braying-like sound that it makes. A normal individual can be seen at the upper left of the
photo. In the wild, these penguins are found only on offshore islands
and the coast of southwestern Africa in the countries of
South Africa and Namibia.
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"Snowdrop" was born in the Bristol Zoo, Bristol, England. This albino has pink facial skin, eyes, and feet, as well as a light beak and wing. The pink eye looks dark in this photo, but there is a better view showing Snowdrop and its normally-colored friends being fed fish from a pail. Read more about the African Penguin, a bird that swims underwater.
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An American Robin that had been feeding with other Robins.
This one is dark around the eye and has the normal yellow beak.
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An albino House Sparrow with pink eyes, beak, legs, and feet. In its natural colors, it is a common bird
in much of the world. This one is a baby, since it has the yellow corners of the mouth that are
common to baby birds. When they open their mouths, this coloration stimulates the
parent to feed the young bird. Thanks to Peter Reinhard of Germany,
a breeder of sparrows, for confirming the identification.
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