Hi All,
This picture isn’t great, but what kind of bird is this? Is it a gynandromorph cardinal? My parents took this (don’t worry, I bought them a bird buddy for better pictures in the future!), and they live in a suburb of Pittsburgh, in PA.
Thanks for the help!
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Leucistic female Cardinal! She doesn't have the perfect half and half split of a gynandromorph, but the lightened feathers would be classified as a form of leucism (this form specifically would be called piebaldism)
I googled some pictures and this has to be it! Thanks so much!
Looks like a female Cardinal to me
Cranky old female Cardinal, been through the ringer a time or two.
Picture taken December 2025!
IMO It looks like a Northern Cardinal to me but it's a bit hard to tell from the image
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Female cardinal for sure
Looks like a female cardinal.
Desert Cardinal.