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Albino Pheasant

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  • 14-01-2010 7:28pm
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    Connacht
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    Out walking around today, I saw an albino pheasant, crouched down still in the field no more than 5 m from me.
    I was so amazed, I didn't get my camera out before he flew away, so apologies for that. Anyone ever seen one ?
    Also, searching for images on the internet, I found a few from the UK, but they all had red patches on the face, or as a minimum red/pink eye shadow. This brid I saw had no red / pink whatsoever.


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    marlin vs
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    They are common enough, but tend to usually be a little small, unless you see a thouroughbred Scandanavian white.


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    Connacht
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    A little smaller than usual, yes, but not terribly so.


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Quite common among captive bred birds.


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    UltimateMale
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    marlin vs wrote: »
    They are common enough, but tend to usually be a little small, unless you see a thouroughbred Scandanavian white.
    Interesting, never seen one myself. Is been Albino common throughout birds or animals ?


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    fontanalis
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    UltimateMale wrote: »
    Interesting, never seen one myself. Is been Albino common throughout birds or animals ?

    Someone more knowledgable may be able to say for definite but I think i may have to do with inbreeding or it may be a genetic mutation.


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    jmkennedyie
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    UltimateMale wrote: »
    Interesting, never seen one myself. Is been Albino common throughout birds or animals ?

    Partial albinoism is not unusual in blackbirds (at least the male ones - they are black) and jackdaws. Patches of white on face, wings etc. Actualy saw partially albino male blackbird today. I have also seen a brown rook - not sure what that mixup is called.


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    UltimateMale
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    fontanalis wrote: »
    Someone more knowledgable may be able to say for definite but I think i may have to do with inbreeding or it may be a genetic mutation.
    Probably inbreeding would be a factor.


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    Valmont
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    Saw one of these today, I thought it was pretty cool.


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    greylag
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    Connacht wrote: »
    Out walking around today, I saw an albino pheasant, crouched down still in the field no more than 5 m from me.
    I was so amazed, I didn't get my camera out before he flew away, so apologies for that. Anyone ever seen one ?
    Also, searching for images on the internet, I found a few from the UK, but they all had red patches on the face, or as a minimum red/pink eye shadow. This brid I saw had no red / pink whatsoever.

    probably a hen bird you saw. they would have very little red around the eyes compared with a cock.


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