Great-tailed Grackle (pigment deficient) (Quiscalus mexicanus), Kennedy Park, Tucson, Pima County

This Great-tailed Grackle (pigment deficient) was found and photographed by J. Duerr on 29 March 2016

Plumage abnormalities causing pigment deficiencies, such as leucism, are relatively common in the blackbird family (Icteridae).

29 March 2016, photo by J. Duerr

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