The partially leucistic dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis) was back again this week. This time it looked right at me without bolting. A song sparrow is perched on the nearby feeder, looking at the junco. #BirdOfTheDay #LookingAtMe #Leucism #SmallBirdSaturday #Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin

#ColorADay
#WhiteFri
#WhiteFriday
#Bird #Peacock #Photography

This amazing white peacock at the #TiergartenSchönbrunn in Vienna tried his best to impress not only his female companion. Btw - she didn't care.
The whiteness is caused by #Leucism, a defect mutation. The eyes are dark, the skin pink.

Here is an article I wrote on"Colour Aberrations in Birds – Not Every Bird is Leucistic" with pictures of birds seen in Malaysia.
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#birds #leucism #Malaysia

I was delighted to see a leucistic dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis) visiting our feeder several times this week. It's shy, so I had a hard time getting a photo. #BirdOfTheDay #PerfectlyPerched #SongBirds #Leucism #Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin

A leucistic bald eagle was recently spotted in Missouri! Leucism reduces melanin, giving birds a pale/white look. It’s extremely uncommon in eagles, making sightings like this exciting. Photos shared by the MDC after a local report. Even our most familiar raptors can surprise us!
#eagle #leucism

Slowly but surely escaping art block. Here's some raccoons.
#KalicoArt #art #digitalart #2dart #raccoons #raccoon #trashpanda #trashpandas #washbear #washbears #procyonids #procyonid #animals #animal #leucism

Had an appointment in central Lund today and this blackbird (Koltrast) with Leucism jumped out of the bush so I just had to bring out the gear and photograph it 😊
#birds #EastCoastKin
#naturephotography
#PhotographersUnited #BirdsSeenIn2026
#BWFri #FeatherFriday #Leucism

Leucistic Dark-Eyed Junco (Oregon Race) These photos were taken in the yard on January 6, 2019.  This first bird is a Dark-eyed junco, Oregon race.  If you look at the face carefully, you can see that the area around the eye is composed …

Not sick but pesticide altered birds?
#Leucism
www.wingsoverskagit.com/2019/01/08/l...

Back view of a Carolina with leucism - black feathers colored white

This is the leucistic Carolina chickadee in my yard; I call her Leucy (though she may be a he). My contribution to today's #BirdOfTheDay for the theme #White

#Carolinachickadee #leucism #birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography

Wow. I didn't realize how long it had been since I posted.

Saw this beautiful leucistic cardinal today in Florence, KY.

#birds #birdphotography #kentuckywildlife #kentucky #leucism #cardinals

Finch with Leucism.

#finch #Leucism #bird
#backyard-habitat
#resistwithlove #nature
#wildlifephotography #photography

An American Robin on the ground shows a good bit of white on his head and on his breast.

Leucistic American robin in my yard today. #BirdPhotography #leucism #wildlifePhotography

A few years ago, this rather special Blackbird used to visit our feeder. It was the first of the #Amsel I got to know and love.
#birdoftheday #Blackbird #birdphotography #Austria #nature #Leucism #Vogel

-- Unexpected encounter --

#ai #Aiart️ #trex #tyrannosaurusrex #winter #paleoart #leucism #Gemini3

A hawk, facing away from the camera and looking back over its right shoulder, stands on top of a railing that encircles the top of a silo on a farm. This hawk, which might be a red-tailed hawk, has mostly white feathers on its back and wings, a traditional rust brown tail, and brown and white feathers on its head and face. This condition is found in many species and is a form of leucism.

Hawk

#hawk #Bird #leucism

Raccoon Studies
One thing I noticed about raccoons is that their mouth lines, when closed, aren't very visible.
#KalicoArt #art #digitalart #raccoons #raccoon #trashpanda #trashpandas #procyonids #procyonid #animals #animal #leucism

Two birds (peacocks) are in the photo. The front bird is white and the one in the back has a blue body. The white bird's head is pointing down. Its tail feathers are very long and white. The blue bird's train of feathers is green and also very long. The green feathers have bluish "eyes" in them. The blue bird is looking over a fence in front of it.

Happy #twosday!

#birds #peacocks #leucism

Leucistic Chestnut backed chickadee with gray head and white mantle and scapulars

Typical coloration with chestnut brown mantle and flanks

Leucistic Chestnut backed chickadee compared with typical Chestnut backed chickadee

Note the gray cap and hint of chestnut coloration on the mantle and flank

#birds #chickadee #leucusticbird #leucism

This rare and special leucistic finch continues to visit the habitat daily.

#bird #leucism
#backyard-habitat
#resistwithlove #nature
#wildlifephotography #photography

Hello from Blondie, who is enjoying a wander and a sniff at our Eagle Rock Reserve. Our reserves team has been out west maintaining the property, including the rustic shack, roads and gates. #leucism #echidna #ecosystem #wildlifeconservation #greatoutdoors #discovertasmania #fieldwork #spring

An adult normally-feathered Noisy Miner is perched on a paperbark limb on the left. On the right, is a white chick with yellow primary feathers begging for food.

The white Noisy Miner chick is perched on a paperbark limb with blue sky and green leaves in the background. The juvenile's primary wing feathers are edged with yellow. The normally black eye patch is also yellow.

The white Noisy Miner chick is perched on a paperbark limb with blue sky and green leaves in the background. The juvenile is looking upward, and the primary wing feathers are edged with yellow. The normally black eye patch is also yellow as is a patch under the beak at the throat.

I'd never seen or heard of a white Noisy Miner before, until now~! Seems it occurs irregularly in Miners, going by the last pic which is a screengrab from Google.

Hervey Bay, Qld.

Images ©Nicola Rangeley 2025

#AustralianBirds #ColourMutation #Leucism #NoisyMiner

Full frame image of a red squirrel. It has a pure white tail instead of the standard red. This is known as leucism.

I think this red squirrel was "mis-born". He was meant to be a white-tailed deer! 😆
#Nikon #Unusual #Squirrels #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Manitoulin #Leucism #RedSquirrels

Upgraded from black & white to colour

Leucistic oystercatcher, RSPB Snettisham, Norfolk, UK

Alternative #BirdOfTheDay #longbeak #photography #birds #ukbirds #birding #ukbirding #wader #wildlife #nature #animals #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #naturelovers #colour #melanin #leucism #Nikon

An unusual leucistic blackbird...taken on Anglesey a couple of weeks ago #birds #leucism #blackbird

Photographer Captures the First Known White Iberian Lynx in the Wild A young amateur photographer in Spain has captured the first-ever images of a white Iberian lynx -- thought to be one of the rarest big cats on the entire planet. [Read More]

Photographer Captures the First Known White Iberian Lynx in the Wild A young amateur photographer in Spain has captured the first-ever images of a white Iberian lynx -- thought to be one of the rarest big cats on the entire planet. [Read More]

Leucistic black-capped chickadee with whitish gray cap and white mantel compared with a normal chestnut backed chickadee

Leucistic variant of a Black-capped chickadee and a Chestnut-backed chickadee at the feeder

#birds #chickadee #birding #leucistic #colorvariant #leucism

#birdiftheday #black or in this case quite uneven black grey. It's a leucistic Jackdaw I photographed. I think it is very smart looking. We are all different
#Leucism #jackdaw

Oddly colored blackbird in flight. White in tail and belly not typical for the species

Red-winged Blackbird (very low frequency color variant) - Svensen Island, Clatsop Co., OR

When I dropped this into Google Photos for comparisons, I found multiple nearly identical examples, so not typical leucism

#birds #oregonbirds #leucism #photography #nature