Beta Carotene does that to birds - it is why Flamingoes are pink (feed from high beta-carotene lakes in Africa). Not sure where there would be a plentiful supply of beta carotene in SEQ though?
Every night when I pick up my wife driving past Duntroon in Canberra, there are hundreds of rabbits just outside the main gate. All normal coloured, except for ONE that is albino or apricot in colour - probably a domestic breed interbred with the regular fawn coloured ones. Stands out in the headlights
