White peacock question....

[Hoosiermomma]

Are the white peafowl, primarily the peacock, considered albino? Someone sent me an email yesterday entitled albino peacock. Naturally I had to see what an albino looked like. Well it was a white peacock. Are they considered albinos? I was under the impression albinos are exclusively white with pink eyes. Just wondering.....

 

[Stina]

Albinos do NOT have to have pink eyes...though I don't know what white peacocks are genetically....I would be prone to think that they're leucistic.

 

[Hoosiermomma]

Thanks. I just thought albinism was white (lacking the pigmentation) and pink. I'm curious though now because I have never heard the bew and rew in rabbits referred to as albinos.

 

[deerman]

There is no albino peafowl, yes all albino lack color so eyes will be pink.

I will pay big dollar for any albino peafowl.

 

[BigByrd24]

Pink eyes = albino peafowl ( if happened)
Blue eyes = White peafowl

Same as Deerman, I too would pay top dollar for a true Albino peafowl....

 

[Stina]

I repeat...albinism does NOT mean red eyes. Albinism is a lack of melanin, which is one specific pigment. It is also caused by specific genes. You can attain pink/red eyed white (in some species) WITHOUT having an albino...though usually a PEW is albino, even if not referred to in that manner.

 

[Stina]

I repeat...albinism does NOT mean red eyes. Albinism is a lack of melanin, which is one specific pigment. It is also caused by specific genes. You can attain pink/red eyed white (in some species) WITHOUT having an albino...though usually a PEW is albino, even if not referred to with that term.

 

[deerman]

Not all with pink eye are albino (lutino)

all albino have pink eye, true albino have no color.

Parakeet have two base colors , blue and yellow, missing the blue color , bird will be yellow with pink eyes. true albino keets are all white missing all colors. Missing the yellow bird will be blue were it was green, white were it was yellow.

Back to white peafowl ,they are not albino.

Nobody has found one to date. Sure it will be sex link ,when one is found.

 

[BigByrd24]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albinism_in_birds
This for Birds...
Second paragraph States--

A completely albino bird is the most rare, lacking any pigment in its skin, eyes, and feathers. The eyes in this case are pink or red, because blood shows through in the absence of pigment in the irises. The beak, legs, and feet are very pale or white. Completely albino adults are very rarely spotted in the wild.

 

[Hoosiermomma]

Thanks for all the info. I just want to be able to know what I'm talking about when this subject comes up in conversation and no doubt at some point it will.

I'm just amazed that an email is being sent around with a pic. of a white peacock saying it's albino.