Scrub Jay, some sort of white morph?

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Greetings. Just a distance shot of this one near my backyard feeder...



With a bunch of regular colored scrub jays. Is it some sort of white morph or ?

Appreciate any help.

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Paul Guris]

The term "morph" is used to describe a form that is generally genetically stable, such as the blue morph of the Snow Goose. Your bird appears to be either partially albino or leucistic, two mechanisms that result in reduced or absent color.

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Paul,

Great... thanks much for the explanation. I've never seen anything like it before.

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Paul Guris]

Many years ago there was a white Red-tailed Hawk with just a red tail that overwintered for several years in PA. It had dark eyes so it wasn't an albino, or at least not a full one. If something like that shows up again now that I take photos, I'll be spending some serious time with it!

[Julie Brown]

Hi Michael. Pretty cool bird to see, I'm sure. I wonder how this condition affects its breeding success?