Plumage - Pigmentation Conditions

Pigmentation Conditions

  • Albinism, the lack of melanin pigmentation
  • Leucism, a condition similar to albinism in animals, characterized by reduced pigmentation in general
  • Melanism (or melanosis), unusually dark melanin pigmentation
  • Xanthochromism, unusually yellow pigmentation
  • Ino budgerigar mutation, the occurrence of this mutation in captive-bred Budgerigars

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