Tank Matraxia of Lyndhurst stopped by the Environment Center the other day with snapshots a friend had taken of a bird in his backyard — he had never seen one with white on the wings like this before, and wanted to know if we could ID it.
We told him our answer. What do you think it is?
House Sparrow (female). The white on the wing is caused by partial leucism.
Thanks, Patrick. We got the female House Sparrow right, just weren’t sure what was up with the white feathers.
In the photo on the far right, there are actually some leucistic feathers on the head as well.