Does anybody know what kind of bird this is? It looks like it might be some kind of an albino bird? (1 Viewer)

[syd2915]

I tried looking it up on the web but it came up with several different kinds

 

[qwerty5]

Looks like a leucistic Brown-headed Cowbird

 

[Welsh Peregrine]

Dark eye means it is not albino; the general term for this type of pale plumage is Leucistic. I strongly suspect that it is the same species as the other individual in the photo; where was it taken?

 

[qwerty5]

where was it taken?

The OP is from the U.S.

 

[Bewick]

Dark eye means it is not albino; the general term for this type of pale plumage is Leucistic. I strongly suspect that it is the same species as the other individual in the photo; where was it taken?

A White Brown-headed Cowbird - 10,000 Birds

I was sorting through a large mixed flock of Brown-headed Cowbirds and European Starlings at Fort Tilden on Friday morning when Isaac Grant, the intrepid Staten Island birder, showed up and asked if I had seen the white one. I had no idea what he was talking about and told him so and he then showed

www.10000birds.com

Qwerty is right, its a brown headed cowbird. Bird on the right appears to be a female brown headed cowbird.

Edit- Also, for the op, albinism and leucism are different, eye colour is a good feature to note when trying to distinguish whether a bird is albino or leucistic. Leucism & albinism

 

[syd2915]

Dark eye means it is not albino; the general term for this type of pale plumage is Leucistic. I strongly suspect that it is the same species as the other individual in the photo; where was it taken?

It was taken in my backyard

 

[syd2915]

Thanks everyone! I did some research on it as well and posted a video if anyone is interested in checking it out. I also have other birds too, so if anyone would like to check them out that would be awesome! Thanks again everybody

 

[syd2915]

A White Brown-headed Cowbird - 10,000 Birds

I was sorting through a large mixed flock of Brown-headed Cowbirds and European Starlings at Fort Tilden on Friday morning when Isaac Grant, the intrepid Staten Island birder, showed up and asked if I had seen the white one. I had no idea what he was talking about and told him so and he then showed

www.10000birds.com

Qwerty is right, its a brown headed cowbird. Bird on the right appears to be a female brown headed cowbird.

Edit- Also, for the op, albinism and leucism are different, eye colour is a good feature to note when trying to distinguish whether a bird is albino or leucistic. Leucism & albinism

Thanks so much!