A rare pure white swallow was hatched at villager's home in Xingping, Shaanxi Province, which attracted many villagers to come and watch.

The swallow had white plumage, long pointed wings, a forked tail, lying quietly in its nest.

The villager named Yang Yali said to Shaanxi TV: ”There are three nests in my house, and one of the five swallows hatched this time turns out to be purely white." Yang Yali added that swallows come back in February every year to produce a few nests but it was the first time for them to see a white swallow.

According to a staff member at the Xingping Forestry Station, the white swallow was a rare case and it was possible that the bird had a genetic mutation called "albinism" that caused its feathers to turn white. The probability of this happening was very small, only one in 10,000. Albino birds are difficult to breed and its survival rate is not high, but so far this swallow was alive and well.

The video was filmed on May 30 and provided by local media with permission.

近日，陕西咸阳兴平市桑镇一村民家的燕巢
诞生了一只白燕
吸引了许多群众前来看围观。
这只燕子，全身羽毛为白色，体型小巧，两翅尖长，尾羽平展时呈叉状，在巢里静静地卧着。
“家中有三个燕巢，此次产下5只燕子，4只都是黑色，唯独这个燕子通体雪白。”村民杨亚利介绍，燕子每年2月回来总会产几窝，白燕还是头一回。

兴平市林业站工作人员在查看白燕照片后表示，这种情况实属罕见，它属于家燕，有可能是基因突变患了“白化病”，导致全身羽毛变成白色，这种情况发生概率很小，只有万分之一。一般白化的鸟儿很难养，存活率也不高，目前这只燕子活得很健康。（视频由陕西台提供）