project ruby-throat, a hummingbird banding + conservation project, trapped and banded this albino ruby-throated hummingbird. often, white hummingbirds (which are rare to begin with) have paler plumage due to leucism - a true albino like this one is incredibly hard to find, especially in adulthood.
I clicked on the article to see why an albino hummingbird has black feathers (they don’t know but maybe something about structural coloration) and im completely charmed by how much the writer lost their shit over how pretty the bird is