leucistic robin
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leucistic robin

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Howieh

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We were out with friends who showed me a cellphone picture of what I am positive was a leucistic robin sitting in the middle of the street in front of their house. The bird had a completely white head and almost no white below it's neck. It looked exactly like a robin with a white head. Could it have been anything else but a leucistic robin? is this a rare find?
« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 PM by Howieh »


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It is certainly unusual, in 40 years of birding I have seen 2 leucistic birds; a Scarlet Tanager at Point Pelee in 1975 and a Starling while standing on Hadrian's Wall near Carlisle in the UK in 1978.
« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 PM by brummiebirder »