That is amazing you must send me the video for me to study i am self teaching my self things like zoology please send me it in an email email me on youtube first. then i will give you my email
No, this is not a fake bird and it is not albino. The colors of their feathers are sometimes affected by a recessive gene that makes their feathers "translucent." This makes black colored birds, mostly ravens and crows it seems, appear to be diffferent shades of gray or ashy white. True albino ones are even more rare than translucent ones, and the albinos have pink eyes.
After reading through some of the comments here, I just wanted to mention that not all albinos have red eyes as many believe. (I used to think that too). There are many types, subtypes, and degrees of albanism. Human albinos in fact most often have light blue eyes; very rarely the red/pink you see in albino rodents.
OMG! You are so BLESSED John! This is absolutely AMAZING. There have been quite a few sightings of a variety of different species of pure white creatures / animals throughout the world fairly recently, & I believe that it's a sure sign of eventual PEACE on the way.
Thank you for sharing ~ plse. keep us posted on whether he/she's still a visiting friend.
My parents have a white visitor to their bird feeder as well, but aren't sure what breed it is. Shall ask them to take a pic.
This is officially the only actual white Raven video on YouTube (at the time of this comment posting). Tons of bands and people using white Raven as a name, none fo them the genuine artical though, lol. A few white naped Ravens, but damn...
just want to say ignore my former comment now i know its Talking Heads..read it in a comment ....just love it i wish you and the beautiful raven will always stay friends :-) and of cose 5*****
sooo beautiful,- and surely there are many fakers on YouTube ....but this is absolutly not a fake ! Thank you very much for showing - very nice vid, and music reminds me on talking heads, i am not sure about the music ?....but i am sure i like it ;-)
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Fuck, you know that in Odin religion that means the end of the world through we all being frozen to death if one of its feathers lands on our land. Get that thing away from me !!!!!!!! I am fucking scared of this
He's actually right, true albino birds have not been documented, but they can be "leucistic"!
The difference is that this bird has shiny black eyes instead of pink ones. It is missing pigmentation OTHER than that from melanin, which defines a true albino.
It is very similar to albinism, and just as rare and beautiful! :) Personally, I think the normal eye colors just makes it even prettier.
Ravens have larger bills, have vastly different calls (crows can only really make the typical CAW, and sometimes they cackle; ravens can make chirruping noises like at the beginning of this video among other calls).
This is an albino raven. There used to be a breed of white/grey ravens known as Pied Ravens (some of them had light red / pink markings) that lived on islands near Iceland, mostly Faroe. They're extinct now, though, due to hunting and the fact that the alleles for the color morph were recessive; if a Pied raven mated with a black raven, chances are most of the hatch would be black.
Pardon my previous post. Pied Ravens arent' EXTINCT, per se. The gene is still there somewhere, it's just incredibly recessive. Basically it's just a color morph of another kind of raven (the name of which I cannot remember).
Another reason is that some birds refuse to breed with albino/variations of their species, even if they are same species. Ravens might be an example of this, so the pied raven is rare.
Look at my site theres a vid about ne breed of white animals, and they not albino if don't have red eyes and noses. Its a brlliant vid from quiet buck x
a rare sight to see and find. I have seen a white raven once when I was a teen. rare for there to be white ravens and rare for them to survive into adulthood.
I've never seen an Albino raven either, This raven is in fact not albino at all, albino anythings have red eyes, this one has blue. This raven just has a mutant gene that has turned his coat white, just like the spirit bears of British Columbia which is weird because these ravens are from BC as well.
Thank you for this video! Occasionally I used to hear people talking about white ravens, but I always figured it was a joke or a myth. So I'm glad you were able to get footage of such a rare bird, and even befriend it! Lucky you!
Wow, how gorgeous!!!! I'm glad I know they really exist; one time I saw a huge group of them and thought I spotted a white one. I thought I was seeing things, lol. Is it common to see them just flying around outside like that?
It's not common but does happen. The parents of these birds have had 2 white ravens every batch for the last two years, and usually 3 black ones. I hope they do it again this year because they are are quite a sight.
Wow, quite amazing! Have you been able to continue to see the birds? I have wondered if the birds lose their white plumage when they become adults, since all the pictures of white ravens I've seen appear to be juveniles. It would be fascinating if they retained their light color and blue eyes into adulthood. :>
They will remain white with there blue eyes for as long as they live. I have seen them as of late but are much more cautious of people now. They are about 9 months old now and they are quite a sight!
I used to breed budgies, whenever I bred a pure white one without the red eyes, it was called a 'lutino'. Is that the same name you would give this girl?
funny thing is that it is not albino, it just has a mutant gene that has turned her coat white. A true albino has red eyes, this bird has blue eyes and it is quite the sight to see. Thank you for your comment.
gross
RootofYishay 11 months ago
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Not albino. Albino's have red eyes, the White Raven has blue. The white coat is all natural. :)
BatKnowItAll 1 year ago
Where can I find more info on white ravens?
SwiftSilver23 1 year ago
Why must everyone claim fake on everything? Good grief, people, can't you accept that something is real for once?
BatKnowItAll 1 year ago
There are only four of these in BC, right? It's so sad to see such a low number of beautiful birds.
BatKnowItAll 1 year ago
is it a live white raven??
grundin3 1 year ago
That is amazing you must send me the video for me to study i am self teaching my self things like zoology please send me it in an email email me on youtube first. then i will give you my email
CoolFDExploded 1 year ago
DUDE I WOULD PAY SOOOO MUCH MONEY FOR ONE OF THEM BIRDS
milkwasabadchoice131 1 year ago
Great video! And great choice of music, it really suits her. :-)
FeatherladyStudio 1 year ago
Very nice. Hungarians have a saying: "Rare as a white raven" (maybe other nations have it too, but it's the only one I know of). Makes sense. :)
SilverLord001 1 year ago
That is so obviously a seagull.
;)
Yotes4Life 1 year ago
For everyone who sees this:
No, this is not a fake bird and it is not albino. The colors of their feathers are sometimes affected by a recessive gene that makes their feathers "translucent." This makes black colored birds, mostly ravens and crows it seems, appear to be diffferent shades of gray or ashy white. True albino ones are even more rare than translucent ones, and the albinos have pink eyes.
Kaurumenia 1 year ago
@Kaurumenia leucistic is the word I was looking for up there. Leucism makes their colors more translucent than normal, more diluted.
Kaurumenia 1 year ago
Wow......it's beautiful.......nice(^_^)
kumo0hikaru 1 year ago
Bet Brian Blazer would love a pair of these.
GR3ATL10N 1 year ago
After reading through some of the comments here, I just wanted to mention that not all albinos have red eyes as many believe. (I used to think that too). There are many types, subtypes, and degrees of albanism. Human albinos in fact most often have light blue eyes; very rarely the red/pink you see in albino rodents.
jubchuqun 1 year ago
very beautful your lucky to getto see him in person!
vickyinhalo 1 year ago
love this sprit raven..not albino the eyes are black..beautiful..
christinecassin 1 year ago
sprit raven..very rare.the eyes are not red. so it is not albino..
christinecassin 1 year ago
Stunning :)
Nenshite 1 year ago
@QuietBuck Your videos are great! keep up the good work. Take care and have a great day.
chadschuler2000 2 years ago
That is amazing! Wish I found something that amazing!
XurikHikari 2 years ago
Hi! You may wish to add some of QuietBuck's awesome WHITE birds & animals as video responses on this site.
Quiet Buck: /user/QuietBuck
Return of Whie 2 - the birds speak out
/watch?v=1Nnulx95cfE
Return of White
/watch?v=CrdDoSM9r2M
annie46664 2 years ago
OMG! You are so BLESSED John! This is absolutely AMAZING. There have been quite a few sightings of a variety of different species of pure white creatures / animals throughout the world fairly recently, & I believe that it's a sure sign of eventual PEACE on the way.
Thank you for sharing ~ plse. keep us posted on whether he/she's still a visiting friend.
My parents have a white visitor to their bird feeder as well, but aren't sure what breed it is. Shall ask them to take a pic.
~South Africa~
annie46664 2 years ago 2
This is officially the only actual white Raven video on YouTube (at the time of this comment posting). Tons of bands and people using white Raven as a name, none fo them the genuine artical though, lol. A few white naped Ravens, but damn...
Thanks for uploading =)
A1R5N1P3R 2 years ago 3
An extraordinary beautiful bird. Thanks for posting. John Wantling, Rochdale, UK
johnwantling 2 years ago 2
He is just incredible!! You put together an awesome video with a beautiful subject and great music choice! You're blessed!
graydlett 2 years ago
just want to say ignore my former comment now i know its Talking Heads..read it in a comment ....just love it i wish you and the beautiful raven will always stay friends :-) and of cose 5*****
031doolittle 2 years ago
sooo beautiful,- and surely there are many fakers on YouTube ....but this is absolutly not a fake ! Thank you very much for showing - very nice vid, and music reminds me on talking heads, i am not sure about the music ?....but i am sure i like it ;-)
031doolittle 2 years ago
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Fake somebody painted the regular bird.
Indianpeti 2 years ago
I can guarantee to you this is not fake.
chadschuler2000 2 years ago 2
Adorable =3
theretards123 2 years ago 2
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Fuck, you know that in Odin religion that means the end of the world through we all being frozen to death if one of its feathers lands on our land. Get that thing away from me !!!!!!!! I am fucking scared of this
phili878 2 years ago
white raven was Odin's third pet... what the hell are you doing ???
phili878 2 years ago
Wtf? Are you talking about old Norse religion or something else completly random
cerberus600 2 years ago
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bird's cannot be albino.
Xamxam90 2 years ago
ofc they can
deew00 2 years ago
He's actually right, true albino birds have not been documented, but they can be "leucistic"!
The difference is that this bird has shiny black eyes instead of pink ones. It is missing pigmentation OTHER than that from melanin, which defines a true albino.
It is very similar to albinism, and just as rare and beautiful! :) Personally, I think the normal eye colors just makes it even prettier.
Platypoid 2 years ago 4
Aw isn't he (she? :) ) beautiful! I hope you'll stay good friends always :)
sinibaa 2 years ago
omg ty ty ty ty
sourgirl420 2 years ago
sourgirl420, the song is the: Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody).
Bartokne 2 years ago 2
What song is this??i want to know!!in my playlist i always check if someone else has asked...lol....plz lemme know
sourgirl420 2 years ago
Gota love the music :D
Djebulba 2 years ago 2
Wow, this is truly amazing, its the least you can say about it!
I'd give so much up to get to own a bird like this one..
derallter 2 years ago
thx to starlighteds for this share. this is great! 5 therapeutic stars! :-)!!!
Therapist1972 2 years ago
wow !!!!!
5 *****
kira x
serindipity08 2 years ago
Ravens have larger bills, have vastly different calls (crows can only really make the typical CAW, and sometimes they cackle; ravens can make chirruping noises like at the beginning of this video among other calls).
valiantvyse 2 years ago
this raven came from heaven ＼(▼o▼)／
Baldoxxx4000 2 years ago
U are very fortunate to see this bird for real.
dankorson 2 years ago
Nice Bird n song.
poolinelly 2 years ago
wow.
This is really nice.
I love how you actually got the bird to come near you.
Kenyabenyaa 2 years ago
A raven's curiosity normally outweights their skittishness. Also, the younger a raven is, the less fearful it is of other living beings.
valiantvyse 2 years ago
wow
sholafly 2 years ago
In greek mythology crows were white until I think apollo cursed them
bittersweetapathy 2 years ago
very nice picture at 1:56
Tsikodon 2 years ago
I'm amazed... at first I just thought it was an albino... but it's another species, isn't it?
smartchikchick 2 years ago
This is an albino raven. There used to be a breed of white/grey ravens known as Pied Ravens (some of them had light red / pink markings) that lived on islands near Iceland, mostly Faroe. They're extinct now, though, due to hunting and the fact that the alleles for the color morph were recessive; if a Pied raven mated with a black raven, chances are most of the hatch would be black.
valiantvyse 2 years ago
Pardon my previous post. Pied Ravens arent' EXTINCT, per se. The gene is still there somewhere, it's just incredibly recessive. Basically it's just a color morph of another kind of raven (the name of which I cannot remember).
valiantvyse 2 years ago
Another reason is that some birds refuse to breed with albino/variations of their species, even if they are same species. Ravens might be an example of this, so the pied raven is rare.
magicbirdaustin 2 years ago
Look at my site theres a vid about ne breed of white animals, and they not albino if don't have red eyes and noses. Its a brlliant vid from quiet buck x
starlighteds1 2 years ago
Quick, call William James! And I LOVE this song. Awesome video.
McCainTheTurdburglar 2 years ago
He's got one big beak...
Hanimizuuki 2 years ago
many animals have change there color, but this raven is amazing i tough that raven won't change there color..but it happen!!
jaykeechan12 3 years ago
Wow
RavynHelm 3 years ago
a rare sight to see and find. I have seen a white raven once when I was a teen. rare for there to be white ravens and rare for them to survive into adulthood.
RavenwolfFoxtrack 3 years ago
well isn't that ironic. they are meant to be black as night yet this one is as white as snow :/
k0mpassi 3 years ago
Blagden
royokihokage 3 years ago
The most beatiful bird in the world... I love Ravens! As you can see on my name...
BlackRaven606 3 years ago
Nice - Talking Heads. Cool bird too.
peelincaps 3 years ago
Oh he is just beautiful!!
DaMoonlightInMyVeins 3 years ago
Well ravens are much larger then crows, and they sound a lot different.
chadschuler2000 3 years ago
I've never seen an albino raven before, nice, but "black is beautiful" :)
Untergrundseele 3 years ago
I've never seen an Albino raven either, This raven is in fact not albino at all, albino anythings have red eyes, this one has blue. This raven just has a mutant gene that has turned his coat white, just like the spirit bears of British Columbia which is weird because these ravens are from BC as well.
chadschuler2000 3 years ago
@chadschuler2000 whoa. O>O thats amazing.
ShimmerEspeon 1 year ago
i had no idea these even existed haha
bloggerday 3 years ago
You are so lucky to have seen one of these!
Cowgirlcatrina 3 years ago
I bet you any thing that some one will shoot that beautiful bird. I know a lot of people shoot eagles even though it is a law not to
that is sad. :*(
NewToTheBudgieWorld 3 years ago
Wow you dont see that everyday. I read that ravens also can be brown but they are just as rare as the albinos.
caitlmac1 3 years ago
He is beautiful! All white just like David Byrne's hair now!^~^
ralflor 3 years ago
Very nice video. Thanks for sharing.
basavadu 3 years ago
Thank you for this video! Occasionally I used to hear people talking about white ravens, but I always figured it was a joke or a myth. So I'm glad you were able to get footage of such a rare bird, and even befriend it! Lucky you!
waffleday 3 years ago
Wow, how gorgeous!!!! I'm glad I know they really exist; one time I saw a huge group of them and thought I spotted a white one. I thought I was seeing things, lol. Is it common to see them just flying around outside like that?
skymyth94 3 years ago
It's not common but does happen. The parents of these birds have had 2 white ravens every batch for the last two years, and usually 3 black ones. I hope they do it again this year because they are are quite a sight.
chadschuler2000 3 years ago
Wow, quite amazing! Have you been able to continue to see the birds? I have wondered if the birds lose their white plumage when they become adults, since all the pictures of white ravens I've seen appear to be juveniles. It would be fascinating if they retained their light color and blue eyes into adulthood. :>
CorbieMessenger 3 years ago
They will remain white with there blue eyes for as long as they live. I have seen them as of late but are much more cautious of people now. They are about 9 months old now and they are quite a sight!
chadschuler2000 3 years ago
Thanks for the info! I hope you can continue to observe them for some time. :>
CorbieMessenger 3 years ago
cool video, lame music
DonTheThird 3 years ago
at least in the winter he'll be more safe because he'll blend in lol
IndieVeggie 3 years ago
lol, yes very good camouflage.
chadschuler2000 3 years ago
I used to breed budgies, whenever I bred a pure white one without the red eyes, it was called a 'lutino'. Is that the same name you would give this girl?
verticalsmurf 3 years ago
im not really sure what you would call it, aside from a freak of nature haha.
chadschuler2000 3 years ago
Wow. Honestly, wow. I've never seen an albino raven before. Gorgeous.
verticalsmurf 3 years ago
funny thing is that it is not albino, it just has a mutant gene that has turned her coat white. A true albino has red eyes, this bird has blue eyes and it is quite the sight to see. Thank you for your comment.
chadschuler2000 3 years ago