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Article: WINGED ALBINOS VERY UNUSUAL
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- May 21, 1994
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OUTDOORS - BIRDS
Frances Malis of Merrillville wrote to say she had a very unusual visitor in her neighborhood.
She described the bird as being "all white from head to tail, with a few dark feathers" under its tail and a red breast. It's slenderness and size led her to believe it was a young bird, and it was seen in the company of robins. She wonders if it was an albino robin.
That's a very good guess. Albino birds are rare, but robins are one of the species in which it seems more likely to occur. Albinism results from a genetic change that inhibits the formation of the enzyme responsible for the manufacture of pigment - ...