We have just returned from the home of some brand new friends who have a pure 
white bird coming to their feeder.  He comes & goes with a flock of House 
Finches, is the same size & shape of a House Finch & has a finch bill so we are 
pretty convinced that it is said House Finch.  He is BEAUTIFUL.  The white on 
his head is just slightly creamier colored than the rest of the body, he has 
pink legs & a pink bill but his eyes are coal black.  He has no color on any 
feathers (except for the light ecru color of his head).  I believe he can not be 
considered a complete albino if he does not have pink eyes but he is the whitest 
bird I have ever seen (and I have seen a Glaucous Gull).  Would he be considered 
a partial albino or leucistic?  I am never sure just how these terms are 
defined.

Laura Dornan

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