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Identify this Leucistic Crow?

Leucistic Crow?

pemblekyle 13/07/2019 13:18

I believe this is a leucistic crow spotted in my garden this morning but was just after clarification really. :-)

Are these rare (if that's what it is...)?

Thanks!

0 WendyBartter 13/07/2019 13:27

Hi there, looks like an albino to me, has pink eye, so completely devoid of colour pigments! Pretty rare too, hope it fares well & finds a mate!
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0 pemblekyle 13/07/2019 13:32 in reply to WendyBartter

Hiya,

The photo isn't the best because of distance but it definitely had dark eye (but can see why you might think they were pink from the photos!). Also had some very light brown, almost buff-coloured markings. :)
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0 WendyBartter 13/07/2019 13:41

Aha! A 'red-eye' pic then, we've all had those! Lol Still, is an extremely light coloured one, interesting article here ... www.thespruce.com/bird-leucism-387342
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0 pemblekyle 14/07/2019 22:49

If anybody is interested, I've had two people ID this bird.

One has said it's a Leucistic Carrion Crow and one has said Albinistic Jackdaw. So still not a lot closer to knowing!
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0 Richard99 15/07/2019 13:19

Jackdaw, I think. It looks to be about the same size as the jackdaw in the bottom right of the first picture. A carrion crow would be bigger.
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