Is there such thing as an albino ringneck dove?

[Lobzi]

My pair has had many babies but this is the first time I notice red eyes. Is this an albino baby?

 

[sourland]

It is an albino. The pink eyes are tell tale.

 

[nchls school]

Yes. your chick is an albino. White ring neck doves are not unusual, but if this is your pair's first, it would be an unusual event for them.

 

[Lobzi]

Id say this is their forth laying and brooding event. The first babies were one light and one dark. The second was two darks then a single lighter but not albino. This is their first albino baby. I guess my parent pair are albino mixes in order for them to have a pure albino baby. How fun. I hope it does well and survives to reproduce.

 

[Lobzi]

I just read that both the albino and white squabs have pink eyes until about three weeks old when the white's eyes will turn grey. I will wait to know for certain if it is a true albino. This little one is just over a week old.

 

[jak2002003]

Looks like an albino to me.

I love albino animals.. and had quite a collection before... I think they are very beautiful.

I used to work in a pet shop and often ended up taking home albino animals as many people don't like the red eyes so they did not get sold.

I remember I had albino..

Hamster
Mice
Rats
Rabbit
Guinea pigs
Parakeets
Cockatiel
Tropical fish
Snakes
Axolotl (salamander)

And now I have a albino turtle!

I have ring neck doves now too.. but they never had an albino baby... I am jealous of you!

Years ago I used to work in a zoo.. and they kept albino wallabies where were very cute.

 

[movick]

"
Because of the lack of pigment in the eye, the albino cannot see as well as normal birds. Young squabs are less able to find food and water and may need assistance in finding the food and water cups. Also, the albino may have problems seeing in bright sunlight and if kept outdoors are more likely to develop eye problems than normal birds. However, with lowered light levels albinos seem to have few problems. They could easily make great indoor pets."

Miller, Wilmer J. 1984 Genetics Of The Ringneck Dove,

 

[Finchbreeder]

In most bird types Albino is a sex linked recessive, the most likely situation is she is a little girl and Dad is carrying the gene.
Like all recessive genes it turns up occasionally = like flipping a coin and calling heads - sometimes you get it, sometimes you don't. So you can have one in 2 or one in 8. Or anywhere in between.
Like a pair of budgies my mum has in the nest - we know the Dad is split ino - because he is green and the mum is blue - they have a similar possibility to what you have of producing either an Albino or Lutino daughter.