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Posted by Larry Wolski on 12:50:55 11/01/05
In Reply to: Re: Yellow Cardinal in Coral Springs - Photos posted by Trey Mitchell
Could be an example of Xanthochroism, usually expressed in normally red-plumaged birds. I know that there is a single case reported by Brooks in 1946 (in the AOU checklist of birds listing cases of melanism) of a female northern cardinal in yellow plumage.
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