Unusual Bird: Unusal colored cardinal
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A Cardinal with a pale pink wings and crest , with a gray white body. It is missing the black feathers.
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4 comments on “Unusual Bird: Unusal colored cardinal”
Is it possibly that this cardinal is molting? I had a similar looking group at my house for months, however; I think the molting happens during the summer months, but I could be wrong. I haven’t seen any with this much white on them though- very cool.
This is the female northern Cardinal
I don’t think it’s a female. I have just encountered THIS site because I have a new male cardinal at my feeder and he has unusual coloration- a lot of light coloured feathers, especially around his collar. Definitely not a female. Early October. He’s also unusually gregarious. Possibly a bit of albinism?
Hi Boo, this is probably leucism (partial albinism).