Not Always Black and White: Colour Aberrations in the Dovekie

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Jakubas, Dariusz, Wojczulanis-Jakubas, Katarzyna
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2012
• Subjects: dovekie; colour aberrations; albinism; “brown” mutation; leg depigmentation; mergule nain; aberrations de couleur; albinisme; mutation « brune »; dépigmentation des pattes; Albinos; Brune; Brunes; Nain; Alle alle; Arctic; Dovekie; Spitzberg; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67250

We describe four records of colour aberrations in the dovekie (Alle alle). During six years of studies of breeding ecology in two large dovekie colonies in West Spitsbergen, we recorded one albino chick (white feathers, red eyes, pinkish legs and feet), one adult or subadult with a “brown” aberratio...