Leucistic or White Tui
Photo by Vandy Pollard
A rare Leucistic or White Native Tui pondering what all the Media fuss is about as it fed on the yellow pollen of Harakeke flowers this evening in Mount Victoria, Wellington. Bird Leucism is a genetic mutation that results in a total or partial reduction of colour in a bird’s plumage. The reduction of colour is due to an inadequate deposition or fixation of pigments only in the bird’s feathers. Other parts of the bird’s body usually have normal coloration but this Tui has unusually light eyes, beak and legs. 70-200mm cropped.
Vandy Pollard - Excio Gallery
I’m a photographer living on the South Coast of Wellington New Zealand. with a passion for New Zealand birds, many of them with a conservation status of at risk.
