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House Sparrow, partially leucistic

Watching house sparrows on my bird feeder this afternoon when i saw an unusual bird, a sparrow looking bird with a white colour over most of its head. And so i read, Abnormal pigmentation is usually means there's been a glitch in the bird's genetic processes involved with deposition of pigments when the feathers are being formed but sometimes disease and diet can be factors that interrupt the pigment placement.

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Uploaded on June 11, 2013
Taken on June 11, 2013