Copenhagen, Denmark: Rook (?) with white feathers (1 Viewer)

[dufay]

I encountered this bird in my local park today. I guess that it is a rook with some form of leucism, but I would love to hear what you think.

 

[Valéry Schollaert]

yes, a rook with some leucism indeed.

 

[Southern Viking]

Yeah as you said, a Rook with some leucism (sorry @Valéry Schollaert , must have been typing at the same time!)

 

[dufay]

Thanks!

 

[Valéry Schollaert]

Yeah as you said, a Rook with some leucism (sorry @Valéry Schollaert , must have been typing at the same time!)

no problem, all good.

 

[stevethehydra]

Corvids quite often have some white feathers in the wings. I don't know if it's technically leucism, as I have heard that the cause is dietary rather than genetic. I've seen it in Carrion Crows and Jackdaws, though oddly never in Rooks! (maybe because I see fewer of them in general, living in a city...)

However, this is definitely a Rook - nothing else has a beak like that!