Hybrid or Mutation (1 Viewer)

Roy C

Occasional bird snapper

• Mar 8, 2007

• #1

This guy was among the Canada's today. Is it a Hybrid or just a colour mutation.

 

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David Norgate

Well-known member

• Mar 8, 2007

• #2

This does look ike a 'mutation' as you put it white feathering like this is not uncommon.
Out of interest what size was this biird, it looks very compact and short necked.

 

Roy C

Occasional bird snapper

• Mar 8, 2007

• #3

Ruralchill said:

This does look ike a 'mutation' as you put it white feathering like this is not uncommon.
Out of interest what size was this biird, it looks very compact and short necked.

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It did look a bit smaller than the other Canada's - it was also being given a hard time by several of the other birds.

 

AlexC

Aves en Los Ángeles

Opus Editor

• Mar 8, 2007

• #4

"Haha! Leucistic Lou! You're a leucistic looooooser!"

That's mean. I agree it's probably just a partially-albino/leucistic Canada/Cackling complex.

Maybe an escaped leucistic Cackling?

 

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JRE

Guest

• Mar 8, 2007

• #5

Aberrant Canada I think. Quite common for these size birds to turn up in collections, and a few escape.