Once-In-A-Lifetime Rare White Cardinal Spotted In Backyard

A true albino cannot produce melanin at all, so the skin will be unpigmented as well as the feathers. The eyes also have no pigment and will appear red. True albinos don't last long in the wild because they don't see as well. Melanin pigments play a part in vision, and in protecting eyes from UV light. A true albino Northern Cardinal will still often have reddish feathers, where carotenoid pigments would usually be deposited, but very rarely there'll be an all white cardinal.