Crows with white feathers

[SW Animal Lover]

A little query!

For some time now, I have pondered on the possibility of a crow-magpie hybrid, is it possible? The reason I ask, is that there are lots of crows near where I work and a couple of them have white feathers on their wings, there are also a lot of magpies around there and I wondered if they could cross breed?

Any ideas please?

Many thanks.

[Amoeba]

Juveniles often have white feathers on their wings.

They may just be young birds. I don't think they can interbreed (or at least, I don't think the offspring would be fertile, or even healthy).

Also, I saw one today. It let me get too close, I could probably have grabbed it if I tried. Seemed a bit inexperienced.

[aeshna5]

Leucism- lack of pigment- is quite common in Crows.

[SW Animal Lover]

Thank you both for your replies, I wish I'd found this website sooner! Shame I havent found a new hybrid species, but I'm glad I have the answer now.

Many thanks for your help.

[DOXHOPE]

Heres a jackdaw with white feathers, please excuse the quality, I resized it a bit too much to get it on the site. This was taken a few weeks back, in next doors garden..

[SW Animal Lover]

Wow! Thats so cool. Much more white than the birds I saw. Thank you for the pic.

[FUDGEY]

It's pretty common round here to see crows/jackdaws with White feathers. A few years ago there was a half White half brown carrion crow nr newtown Stewart. I seen it a couple of times. It was smart and at distance easily confused as a buzzard.