Dunnock with a white eye ring

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andrewcrossland
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Dunnock with a white eye ring

Postby andrewcrossland » Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:09 pm

Hi team, I can't say I remember seeing a Dunnock with a white eye ring like this before. Photographed today at the CHCH Botanical Gardens. Have others come across Dunnocks elsewhere like this?

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Jan
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Re: Dunnock with a white eye ring

Postby Jan » Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:12 pm

That is interesting. At first glance you would think mite damage, but it does look like white feathers, as with silvereye. Might be a mild sort of leucism, whatever that is. Hardly think they hybridise with zosterops?
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