Leucistic Blue jay from Oklahoma City

Leucistic Blue jay photographed by Lee Gosset.

This picture of a white Blue jay was taken in Oklahoma by Lee Gosset. The Blue jays plumage is normally lavender to mid-blue in the crest, back, wings, and tail, and its face is white. Blue jays underside is off-white and the neck is collared with black. The wing primaries and tail are strongly barred with black, sky-blue and white. The bill, legs, and eyes are all black. Males and females are virtually identical except that males are slightly larger 

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. 

Albinism is a different condition. The easiest way to tell the difference between the two is that in albinism the eyes are usually pink or red, and albinism affects the entire animal, not just patches.  

Click here to see our gallery of albino and leucistic animals and birds.