White Birds - photos and discussion

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'White' NZ Fantail, Bream Bay Lodge

Postby Michael Szabo » Wed Aug 22, 2018 9:16 am

A photo of a 'white' NZ Fantail at Bream Bay Lodge has been posted to Facebook by Shaun Lee.

Link to photo: https://scontent.fpmr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/ ... e=5C023D13
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Re: White Birds - photos and discussion

Postby ThomasBirder » Sun Aug 26, 2018 2:01 pm

I’ve seen a partially leucistic Blackbird in Kohimarama around the main road, mostly on its back.
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Re: White Birds - photos and discussion

Postby Olwen » Sun Aug 26, 2018 5:53 pm

It was white on its back mostly?
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Re: White Birds - photos and discussion

Postby Neil Fitzgerald » Wed Sep 12, 2018 10:25 am

White SI tomtit recorded near Harihari last week: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/16429603
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Re: White Birds - photos and discussion

Postby Raewyn » Fri Sep 21, 2018 9:33 pm

This is another sparrow near where I saw the one I posted a few weeks ago. This one was at the "village" at the bottom of 17th Ave Tauranga. I meant to go back and try for better photos but it's not happening so I'm posting what I did get.
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Re: White Birds - photos and discussion

Postby Raewyn » Fri Sep 21, 2018 9:36 pm

And another partially leucistic bird I've seen recently is this coot at Sullivan Lake Whakatane
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Re: White Birds - photos and discussion

Postby Studio Pajaro » Sun Aug 18, 2019 1:53 pm

White Oystercatcher seen at Blockhouse Bay today.
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Re: White Birds - photos and discussion

Postby Neil Fitzgerald » Fri Jun 18, 2021 5:56 pm

I was sent this photo of a white house sparrow at Loburn, North Canterbury.

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Re: White Birds - photos and discussion

Postby Raewyn » Sat Oct 16, 2021 8:28 pm

I have been doing retrospective photo indexing this year and have just come across this VOC that I somehow missed at the time and thought should perhaps go on the record here. It was in the Maketu, Bay of Plenty, area between Newdicks Beach and the Waihi Estuary entrance. 23 September 2017.

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Re: White Birds - photos and discussion

Postby Jake » Sun Oct 17, 2021 12:07 pm

Saw a chaffinch with white tail and rump in the vineyards on Thursday, alas no photo and probably unlikely to see her again

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