A highly rare pure white swallow is spotted in Tongluo Township

A highly rare pure white swallow is spotted in Tongluo Township

2025-08-18

Swallows in Taiwan typically have black and white plumage. However, a pure white swallow has been spotted in Jiuhu village in Miaoli County. Its unique appearance has caught the attention of amateur photographers. Bird lovers say that its color may be the result of a genetic mutation and are calling on the public to be quiet and still when observing the bird.

Black swallows are scattered along power lines. Nearby, a single pure white bird sticks out from the crowd. It’s also a swallow, just a different color. A local in Jiuhu Village in Miaoli County’s Tongluo Township spotted the snowy white swallow. It has since attracted the attention of amateur photographers.

Chou Yun-kuo
Bird lover
It built a nest at my friends’ house two weeks ago. They invited me over to take pictures. I used a lens with magnification ranging from 100 times to 500 times.

The swallow’s pure white body perched on the power line was so eye-catching, that even an older woman living nearby came to snap a photo. Bird lovers point out that the pure white swallow is likely the result of a genetic mutation.

Huang Shu-ting
Bird photographer
Albinism is essentially a genetic mutation. Birds like these deserve our attention and care as their plumage is especially conspicuous, and they could easily attract the attention of predators.

Being too conspicuous could attract predators, but blending in with its own kind is hard for this bird. Bird lovers are calling on the public to quietly observe the bird and not disturb it.

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黑瞳白羽! "白燕子"現蹤苗縣銅鑼愛鳥人士驚奇追蹤

2025-08-18

罕見就是奇聞！燕子的羽毛色，一般是黑白相間，不過苗栗銅鑼鄉九湖村，有民眾發現一隻純白色的燕子，外觀與眾不同，引起攝影玩家關注，愛鳥人士指出，可能是鳥類基因突變，呼籲民眾靜靜觀賞即可。

電線上錯落的燕子黑色點綴，但往旁邊一看，卻有一隻特別顯眼的純白色，牠也是燕子，只是顏色與眾不同。苗栗縣銅鑼鄉九湖村，有民眾發現這隻純白色的燕子，引來攝影玩家關注。

[[愛鳥人士周運國]]
“前兩個星期就在朋友家築巢，後來通知我過來拍。我用大砲(鏡頭)啊，用這個100到500”

小燕子純白的身軀停留在電線上，格外搶眼，連住在附近的阿嬤都來搶拍。愛鳥人士指出，純白小燕子應該就是基因突變。

[[拍鳥俱樂部社長黃蜀婷]]
“白變的話基本上是基因突變，像這樣的鳥類，值得我們去觀察跟關心的，因為牠的羽色顯得特別顯眼，可能很容易引起天敵的注意”

太顯眼，恐怕引來天敵注目，連融入同類得到庇護都不容易！愛鳥人士呼籲，靜靜觀賞不打擾，是對牠最溫柔的保護。

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