Caption

A speciality... Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) with white plumage, genetic defect that completely or partially prevents the normal formation of colour pigments in the plumage, leucistic bird, animals affected by leucism often have little chance of survival as they are too conspicuous to predators, native nature, Meerbusch, Rhineland, Lower Rhine, Rhine district of Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe

Date

Jun 17, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25H62_052

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

41,7Mb (1,0Mb) / 15,6in x 10,4in / 4674 x 3116 (300dpi)

Keywords

deserted white color pigment Bird wild animal animal nature Neuss North Rhine-Westphalia German wildlife Europe round Passerine circle Barn swallow Songbird european Rhineland plumage Germany area normal mutation Leucism wildlife photography Meerbusch Niederrhein predator natural environment swallow bird photography Central Europe Leucistic genetic defect white coloration Western europe Rhine district no one colour pigment animals in the wild open air NRW fauna Oscine German Federal Republic Lower Rhine habitat Swallow Middle Europe gene mutation No People paint pigment Wildlife Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia Republic of Germany natural habitat nobody North-Rhine Westphalia FRG uninhabited empty color pigments Birds wild animals animals Passerines circles Barn swallows Songbirds plumages areas mutations predators natural environments swallows Oscines Swallows BRD Europe's