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Partial leucism in Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer (Linnaeus, 1766) from Aravalli Hills, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India
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Divaker Yadav, Kalyan Khandelwal, Ruby Malik, Mriganka Upadhyay, Indu Yadav
Abstract
Leucism is a condition in which a total
absence of both melanin pigments in either parts or all of the plumage and skin
due to a neural crest disorder resulting in the congenital absence of melanin
cells from some or all of the skin areas. In Partial Leucism an organism has
patches of white or pale areas due to a lack of pigment in certain regions of
its body. The current article presents record on the occurrence of partial
leucism in Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) from Aravalli hills of
Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. This note adds an anomaly in color patterns of birds
found in Aravalli hills.
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Pages:19-21
How to cite this article:
Divaker Yadav, Kalyan Khandelwal, Ruby Malik, Mriganka Upadhyay, Indu Yadav "Partial leucism in Red-vented Bulbul <i>Pycnonotus cafer</i> (Linnaeus, 1766) from Aravalli Hills, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India". International Journal of Zoology Studies, Vol 10, Issue 3, 2025, Pages 19-21
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