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#leucism — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #leucism, aggregated by home.social.

  1. Opal, one of two white #ravens who are longtime residents at North Island Wildlife Recovery Center. She's not albino, please ignore my verbal error in vid.

    Opal arrived at NIWRA centre in 2024 after being found with damaged feathers and reduced flight ability. In addition to her injuries, Opal has a condition called #leucism, which causes partial loss of pigmentation, making her more visible to predators, and results in weaker feather condition. She will remain at the centre.

    Support Opal:
    niwra.org/product-page/opal-wh

    #corvids #wildlife #WildlifeHospital #WildlifeRecovery #nonprofit #birds #raptor #WildlifeRescue #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PNW #WhiteRaven #Genetics

  2. Truwana/Cape Barren Island trail camera survey captures blond echidnas, white-footed dunnart and more

    Senior ranger Buck Brown knows the sandy beaches and dense bush of truwana/Cape Barren Island intricately. So when…
    #NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #Aboriginal #AU #Australia #blondeechidna #camera #CapeBarren #FirstNations #indigenous #island #leucism #monitoring #Science #survey #Tasmania #trap #truwana #white-footeddunnart
    newsbeep.com/au/531982/

  3. A bird of amazing beauty: meet White Ghost, a leucistic female red-tailed hawk.

    Photographer - Chris H. Petersen

    #Birds #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #Leucism #RedTailedHawk

  4. Spectacular: a leucistic Loon!

    I've got around 22 photos of this beautiful bird. I'll put up four here, and then post another four.

    Photographer - Chris Whitty

    #Birds #BirdsOfMastodon #Loons #Leucism

  5. Have you ever seen a white Common Raven (Corvus corax)? No, this isn’t a new species… or a ghost. 👻This Raven’s striking pale plumage is the result of the genetic mutations leucism or albinism. Leucism is a reduction in all types of pigmentation, including melanin. Albinism is the inability to produce or distribute melanin.

    Photo: cedarleaf, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

    via amnhnyc

    #photography
    #birds
    #leucism
    #albinism
    #ravens

  6. I saw this rare albinistic (correction: leucistic!) sparrow today.

    Unfortunately, I didn't have a proper camera with me, and I wasn't able to get a good shot with my phone either.

    #nature #wildlife #birds #albinism #leucism
    (photo: @kernpanik | license: public domain / CC-0)

  7. Interesting sighting a few weeks back in the #durham region of #ontario that I thought I would share here.
    This #bird is a #leucistic #blackcappedchickadee
    #leucism causes a lack of black pigment in the #Birds feathers.

    #birding #birdwatching #birdphoto #BirdPhotogaphy #birdnerd