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White Woodpecker Spotted (1 Viewer)

WHITE WOODPECKER SPOTTED

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It has been photographed many times this year on this feeder in Northeast Scotland.

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Hi there,
Your bird is a great spotted woodpecker with pigment aberrations - they are common birds throughout the UK in their normal form - it is not one of the rarest birds ever to be seen in Scotland. The White Woodpecker, Melanerpes candidus, is a species of woodpecker found in South America and does not look like your woodpecker.
Still an interesting sighting
 
Stunning pictures of this rare colour form (leucistic, rather than albanism - hence the eye/leg colour and red vent) of a familiar species, well done indeed!
 
I saw once a leucistic Green Woodpecker. That was cool too. However, never a white Greater Spotted...

André
 
I've only seen a partially leucsictic Great spott.

I think that having extra white is less of a survival handicap for black and white birds e.g.Oystercatcher
 
Thank you to those who gave their opinions on the Woodpecker - I do know I have been a keen follower of anything to do with our feathered friends for over 50 years and this is not only the first time I have photographed a white Woodpecker but actually seen one.
The person who mentioned it will be a hawk magnet is probably correct and it seems to show in the actual Woodpecker as it seems to be like greased lightening with anything from a tiny shake of the curtains to a branch being blown in the wind - even with my video camera being set up it still sees it and is gone.
The Woodpecker itself is beautiful both visually and in flight but I too believe it will be a target for all the predators.
I'm lucky enough to have Woodpeckers daily so hopefully the white Woodpecker will have bred this year and the offspring may have some characteristics of their parent. I used to breed poultry so I'm keeping my fingers crossed on the gene pool.
 
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