Leucism is the partial loss of pigmentation in skin, fur or feathers. It leads to white spots, white patches or completely white coloration. Leucism can be distinguished from albinism because leucism ...

Some leucistic birds have a hard time flying because of these abnormal feathers. Interestingly, sometimes when a bird loses a feather while trying to get away from a predator, the new feather it grows ...

I occasionally hear from readers who report a partially white bird - a bluebird, a house sparrow or some other type - in their yards. While my wife and I were conducting a recent birding workshop at ...

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, (for those too young for this reference, it refers to vinyl records that would skip and repeat the same thing over and over again and were considered ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — When you picture a cardinal in your head, you probably think of a bird with brilliant red feathers and a black face around its bill. Surprisingly though, in rare cases, these birds ...

Referred to as “the turkey of a lifetime,” a wild bird bagged in Kentucky is being lauded not only for its size, but for its color. Officials at Land Between the Lakes in Western Kentucky say a hunter ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Prevalence of leucism was observed in 3 Pygocelid penguin species from the Antarctic peninsula, including the first report in the literature ...

I occasionally hear from readers who report a partially white bird — a bluebird, a house sparrow or some other type - in their yards. While my wife and I were conducting a recent birding workshop at ...

A man bagged an elusive white turkey recently at Land Between the Lakes in Kentucky. Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area Referred to as “the turkey of a lifetime,” a wild bird bagged in ...