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Rare Leusictic Turkey

I've seen this beast a few times up in Rocky Mountain NP. Here she is next to a "normal" turkey for comparison. Leucism is an abnormal distribution of melanin, which results in a white or nearly white bird. It occurs in approximately 1 in 5,500 birds.

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