Well first thing is I think they look very cute. The birds have partial albinism. That of itself is not all that uncommon in birds. It is not usually mentioned
in books and occurs so randomly that it can’t be shown for all species. I don’t know of it in wrens. No, they are not just males not in breeding plumage, although the pictures appear to be males not in breeding plumage but that is irrelevant to the white
patches. That there is more than one, just shows a genetic link to a mutant that has become established in that family group.
Philip
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I was in Harden over the weekend & saw these little wrens amongs quite a big flock, only saw one blue bird.
I have not seen this before, are they just males not in breeding plumage? There was a few of them amongst the females.
I did look in my books & could not find any mention of this.
