White Winged Sparrow

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We have a few of these Sparrows this year with white wings is this unusual. I may be the first time i have noticed.



PS I tend to take more notice since getting into Bird Photography....JIM

[Ida]

Nice picture. I had a female sparrow with a partially white wing visiting my feeder for a couple of years. She doesn't seem to have passed her colouring on to any of her offspring though, so your lot must have a stronger 'white wing' gene I suppose. I've no idea how common this is, I'm afraid, but I'd be interested to find out too, if anyone else has any ideas....

[MagpieMick]

It's called Leucism or its Leucistic have a look here;

Leucistic Birds have you seen any ?

[shei111]

I think he looks quite handsome chap with white wings. shei

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Originally Posted by MagpieMick

It's called Leucism or its Leucistic have a look here;

Leucistic Birds have you seen any ?

Thanks Ida,Shei and Mick for the comments and the info, there are a few young with similar markings but this one is my better half's favourite...JIM

[PeterD]

Two weeks ago, I was in Cawood, Yorkshire and photographed a sparrow with white plumage



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My apolohies for not applying pp as they were only meant for ID purposes.

Peter

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Must be fairly common then Peter probably more than we realise....JIM

[Ruth Daniel]

We had a very white House Sparrow in our garden for quite a while considering it was easy prey for our local Sparrowhawk!

[DaiTheDragon]

Although this was taken last May it still comes to the garden now and still has white on it's wings.

Dai

[Pam_M]

Great photo's in this thread!

Your photo shows the Leucism very well, Jim!


I particularly like your first photo, Peter. A great capture!

Great that you are still seeing your special visitor to your garden Dai!