tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240916696578255307.post7072088940484081974..comments2023-12-02T21:21:34.878+00:00Comments on Martin's Sussex Birding Blog: Meadow Brown AberrationMartin Peacockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07754817555036731307noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240916696578255307.post-43538645856494494552017-01-01T02:32:08.739+00:002017-01-01T02:32:08.739+00:00It would seem there is too much pigmentation for a...It would seem there is too much pigmentation for an albino. I have seen a handful of documented albinos in mammals and birds where some pigmentation remains, but the remaining pigment is always yellow or orange, not black and brown (melanin). Generally, we consider an albino to be entirely absent of melanin (including both eumelanins, phaeomelanins, and so forth).<br /><br />To my knowledge, an aberrant indicates any unusual patterning that results from genetics, temperature shock, or other reasons. So, even if we assume it is albino, then it is still an aberrant. I don't believe there are grounds to consider it albino -- but, I am no leading man or county recorder.Silversea Starsonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08952767825936017426noreply@blogger.com