WHITE-WINGED SPARROW

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Likely a baby "white winged" sparrow (and it's parents below).
A recent visitor to my birdland, but unlike anything I've seen before.

Apparently somewhat rare but not unknown, it's called LEUCISM -- a condition in which
there is partial loss of pigmentation in an animal resulting in white, pale, or patchy coloration
of the skin, hair, feathers, scales or cuticle, but not the eyes.

Unlike albinism, it is caused by a reduction in multiple types of pigment, not just melanin.

This sparrow should suffer no adverse effects other than being more easily spotted by predators.

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Probably a baby with an adult ...

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Probably the parents ...

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TWO, although the one on the left is more pronounced than the one on the right.

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Zoom in on the LEFT one ...

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Zoom in on the RIGHT one ...

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