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Leucistic Laysan albatross

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Post  whitestarling Sat Sep 18, 2010 10:19 pm

Wayne Sentman has sent us these images of a leucistic Laysan albatross chick. About 70 percent of the world's population of Laysan Albatrosses nests on Midway. The IUCN-World Conservation Union lists the species as globally vulnerable to extinction.

Leucism
Leucism is a very unusual condition whereby the pigmentation cells in an animal or bird fail to develop properly. This can result in unusual white patches appearing on the animal, or, more rarely, completely white creatures

Click here to see our gallery of albino and leucistic animals and birds

Our thanks to Wayne Sentman for these images.