The particular leucistic Northern Cardinal in this TikTok video only has her red patches with the rest of her feathers colored white. Interestingly, even though much of the plumage hue is missing, we ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You probably know what a cardinal looks like, but we bet you've never seen a "leucistic bird." If you haven't heard the term, ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — When you picture a cardinal in your head, you probably think of a bird with brilliant red feathers and a black face around its bill. Surprisingly though, in rare cases, these birds ...

Peggy Guthrie of rural Long Grove, Iowa, snapped this photo of an unusual female northern cardinal sitting in her weeping mulberry tree. I forwarded it to Steve Hager, an associate professor of ...

Last week’s birding column included a discussion of leucistic birds — partial albinos — but without photos. Several readers responded. Steve Smith emailed me links to great photos he shot of a ...