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Leucistic Great tit

03/06/2008 14:27:52

Courtesy of Steffi Penny from Somerset.

June 2008. One of our readers has just sent us these photos of two Great tits from her garden that show leucistic colouration.

Leucism (or Leukism)
Leucism is a very unusual condition whereby the pigmentation cells in an animal or bird fail to develop properly. This can result in unusual white patches appearing on the animal, or, more rarely, completely white creatures.

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