Albinism vs leucism

["Susan Myers" <>]

One of our veterinary experts may be able to enlighten us further but I
believe that leucism and albinism are not the same things. An albino lacks
all pigements while a leucistic animal has a reduced intensity of
pigmentation. If Jo's cockatoo had dirty looking plumage & orange tail
feathers I would guess it was a leucistic bird rather than an albino. An
albino bird would surely be pure white all over with red eyes...?

Susan Myers
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