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Look at these pics of this an albino sparrow hanging out with its parents. Reportedly, the sparrow has since been left to fend for itself. Gotta be hard being snow white - I hope it survives......
Photos: Doug Crowther
010a_1.jpg (47.5 KB, 0 downloads) 2 years old 007a_1.jpg (41.5 KB, 0 downloads) 2 years old 007.jpg (29.2 KB, 0 downloads) 2 years old Wow, that's freaky. I guess it can't be an albino though becuase it has dark eyes (?)
I'm no expert, but I think there's certain degrees of albinoism.
Here's a website that explains it -
http://www.enature.com/expert/expert_show_question.asp?questionID=24291
There are four grades of albinos among birds. The most common is the partial albino, which has some white feathers in spots. The imperfect and incomplete are nearly albino, but lack some aspect of the pure albino. They are less common. The pure albino is rare, though not extremely rare. They are completely white with pink eyes, legs and bill.
As you can see this one has pink eyes....
006zoom_Sparrow.JPG (218.8 KB, 0 downloads) 2 years old always tough bein' the white guy
I saw a white sparrow this morning. I live in Albany in Auckland & googled to find out more about it & found this site. It looked a lot like the pic you have above. Are they very common? I've never seen one in my life!
Yeah, they're alright, but..... they have been seen every now and then, and also white blackbirds, white greenfinches, white goldfinches etc.
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