Albino?

[Meaney]

Hey all, I was working the other day up in Red Wing and happened to see a female cardinal...and right with her was a all white cardinal! yea, so my question, is there such things as an albino bird?? And yes, I am 100% sure it was a cardinal.

[Steve Foss]

Albinism isn't common, but I believe it's possible in pretty much all species of animals that have color pigment. I've heard of many documented cases of albinism in a wide range of animals, and have myself seen albino deer, squirrels, robins and sparrows, and I have no doubt an albino cardinal is credible.

[Hammer Handle]

Yes, birds can be albino. All animals can be.

We had an albino red-tailed hawk in our woods a few years ago.

My brother had a pet albino wild mouse as a kid.

Both had red eyes.