On a recent outing down the Tres Rios road (across from the San Vito Hosptial) we spotted not one but TWO…TWO…leucistic Black Vultures. Leucism is a recessive genetic trait that manifests itself by a lack of normal pigmentation. This condition is very rare.
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En una caminata reciente, vimos DOS…DOS…Zopilotes negro con una condition que se llama leucismo. El leucismo es un raro rasgo genetico recesivo donde no hay pigmentacion.
(photos courtesy of Jeff Worman)