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White House Sparrow (1 Viewer)

Biscuitman

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About September 2019 I spotted a White looking House Sparrow in my back garden. It turned out to be a Leucistic variety of the species. I was reliably informed by the RSPB (Scotland) that it wasn't an Albino, as it didn't have pink eyes. I continued to see it regularly feeding on most days in the garden until about a month ago and haven't seen it since. Has anybody else out there seen one of these birds - I'm not sure how rare they are. I've added a few photos to give you an idea of it's appearance.

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Never seen it in a sparrow, but have seen it in a Barn Owl, this one was pure white with no brown feathers at all, so probably leucistic like yours.

Hope you don't mind the picture being added to your thread.

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This is what is called Leucism and it happens to a lot of birds. You might want to do a google search to learn more about it.
 
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