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White crow in Satna, India

06/07/2010 12:49:25

Unusual white crow from Satna, India.

Sent to us by Archana Shukla, from Satna in India

A rare albino crow found at Satna, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is really a wonder of nature.

Wildlife Extra is not sure if this bird is an albino, or leucistic (or even a crow?). Albino creatures would normally have pink (or red) eyes, but this bird doesn't.

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.

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endangered found

hello archana ji,, this is pradyumna prakash trivedi from RAJASTHAN PATRIKA, BHOPAL. congrates.. i am spl. correspondent specially work on wild life issues.. i want to talk to u regarding this news.. plz. tell me ur contact no. or e-mail id so that i can share about the facts and administrative actions of govt...

pradyumna prakash trivedi
prakashpradyumna@gmail.com

Posted by: pradyumna prakash trivedi | 06 Jul 2011 10:29:02

awesome..

wow....mam. where did u get it.?.......

Posted by: madhav | 15 Jul 2010 14:25:13

nature wonders