• Leucistic Steller’s Jay and Dolly Varden is mean’t as an introduction to leucism and its meaning.
  • Looking different than others can lead to increased predation and harrassement. In the Dolly Varden clip you will see the whitish one being attacked by other Dolly Varden.
  • leucistic (luːˈkɪstɪk) adj having reduced pigmentation in the skin but normally coloured eyes From: Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

  • Also look at Not Every Bird is Normal: Sense and Nonsense