Plumage Aberrations Page 2
Flycatchers to Buntings
Terms like leucistic and melanistic are not properly defined for proper use here. Please see David Sibley's website below for a more thoughtful look at some of the actual terms in use. All birds here have pigment aberrations, but we will leave open any precise definition unless the bird is a full albino..
Abnormal Coloration in Birds - by David Sibley
Photo by Caroline Humphries
Eastern Phoebe - Ellis Co., January, 2014
Photo by Randall Patterson
Western Kingbird - Denton Co., May 18, 2018
Photo by Roger Zimmerman
Loggerhead Shrike - Goliad Co., January 19, 2015
Photo by Martin Reid
Loggerhead Shrike - Bexar Co., November 27, 2004
Photo by Parker Majors
Vireo (species debatable)
Photo by Rex Stanford
Green Jay - Cameron Co., March 1, 2008
Photo by Tony Leukering
Northern-Rough-winged Swallow - Chambers Co., October 25, 2012
Photo by Peter Barnes
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Hunt Co., May 5, 2015
Photo by Ron Weeks
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Harris Co., November 23, 2014
Photo by Craig Carver
American Robin - Tarrant Co., 2012
Photo by Randall Patterson
Northern Mockingbird (albino) - Denton Co., June 12, 2018
Photo by Vincent O'Brien
Northern Mockingbird - Travis Co., June 23, 2015
Photo by Martin Reid
House Finch - Hutchinson Co., December 1, 2012
Photo by Brenda Sikes
American Goldfinch - Smith Co., January 3, 2015
Photo by Deloris Sellin
House Sparrow (albino) - Harris Co., May 24, 2009
Photo by Paul Crowe
Spotted Towhee - Dallas Co., February 9, 2013
Photo by Don Jeane
Lark Sparrow - Kimble Co., May 3, 2012
Photo by Ben Cox
Chipping Sparrow - Hopkins Co., January 28, 2005
Photo by Kellye Mixon Bussey
Field Sparrow - Johnson Co., January 14, 2015. Same bird as below.
Photo by Kellye Mixon Bussey
Field Sparrow - Johnson Co., January 14, 2015
Photo by Lorrie A. Livingston Lowrie
Meadowlark sp. - Aransas Co., October 15, 2014
Photo by Sharon Lane
Red-winged Blackbird - Navarro Co., January 9, 2015
Photo by Paul Sellin
Rusty Blackbird - Nacogdoches Co., December 23, 2013
Photo by Dan Jones
Red-winged Blackbird - Hidalgo Co., March 2, 2017
Photo by Christoper Acree
Common Grackle - Tarrant Co., November 20, 2004
Photo by Ben Horstmann
Great-tailed Grackle - Aransas Co., May 12, 2012
Photo by Donna Bass
Common Grackle - Guadalupe Co., September 18, 2013
Photo by Andrew Orgill
Tennessee Warbler - Nueces Co., April 23, 2016
Photo by Sue Orwig
Yellow-rumped Warbler - Harris Co., November 27, 2015
Photo by Greg Page
Scarlet Tanager (orange variant) - Galveston Co., April 18, 2014
Photo by Tammy Brown
Northern Cardinal - Bastrop Co., January 9, 2016. Same bird as below.
Photo by Tammy Brown
Northern Cardinal - Bastrop Co., January 9, 2016.
Photo by Micki Savage
Northern Cardinal - Tarrant Co., June 8, 2014
Photo by Rel Lipscomb
Northern Cardinal - Eliis Co., January 9, 2015
Photo by Rel Lipscomb
Northern Cardinal (missing black pigment around eye and forehead) - Ellis Co., January 9, 2015
Photo by Micki Savage
Northern Cardinal - Tarrant Co., January 8, 2015
Photo by Micki Savage
Northern Cardinal - Tarrant Co., January 8, 2015. Same bird as above from different angle.
Photo by Chris Taylor
Northern Cardinal - Collin Co., February 5, 2011
Photo by Elizabeth Cavazos
Grosbeak (Pheucticus) - Cameron Co., May, 2016. Unusual female grosbeak without typical streaking.
Photo by Robin Zurovec
Indigo Bunting - Cameron Co., May 18, 2013
Photo by Alice Hempel
Painted Bunting - Nueces Co., April 30, 2017.
Photo by David Hunt
Painted Bunting - Kimble Co., May 3, 2017. Adult bird missing yellow pigment.
Photo by Alvis Rummel
Painted Bunting - Kimble Co., May 3, 2017. Adult bird missing yellow pigment.
Photo by Melissa Macdougall
Painted Bunting - Blanco Co., May 1, 2013. Adult bird missing red pigment.
Photo by Vern Patterson
Painted Bunting - Kaufman Co., July 26, 2009. Adult bird missing red pigment.
Also noteworthy, see possible hybrids pages