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A cayenne jay (Cyanocorax cayanus) at Walsrode Bird Park in Walsrode, Germany.

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A cayenne jay (Cyanocorax cayanus) at Walsrode Bird Park in Walsrode, Germany.

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A cayenne jay (Cyanocorax cayanus) at Walsrode Bird Park in Walsrode, Germany.

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A cayenne jay (Cyanocorax cayanus) at Walsrode Bird Park in Walsrode, Germany.

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An endangered black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor) at Walsrode Bird Park in Walsrode, Germany.

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An endangered black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor) at Walsrode Bird Park in Walsrode, Germany.

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An endangered black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor) at Walsrode Bird Park in Walsrode, Germany.

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An endangered black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor) at Walsrode Bird Park in Walsrode, Germany.

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A leucistic red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis borealis) named ‘Lucy’ at Raptor Conservation Alliance in Elmwood, Nebraska.

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A female Bay ghost shrimp (Neotrypaea californiensis) with eggs from San Francisco Bay. Photographed at the East Bay Regional Parks Mobile Education Program.

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A female Bay ghost shrimp (Neotrypaea californiensis) with eggs from San Francisco Bay. Photographed at the East Bay Regional Parks Mobile Education Program.

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A male and female Bay ghost shrimp (Neotrypaea californiensis) from San Francisco Bay. The male is on the left, the female on the right. Photographed at the East Bay Regional Parks Mobile Education Program.

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A male Bay ghost shrimp (Neotrypaea californiensis) from San Francisco Bay. Photographed at the East Bay Regional Parks Mobile Education Program.

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A male Bay ghost shrimp (Neotrypaea californiensis) from San Francisco Bay. Photographed at the East Bay Regional Parks Mobile Education Program.

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A two-month-old okapi (Okapia johnstoni) named Mzimu (which means “ghost” in Swahili) at the Al Bustan Zoological Centre in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. This individual is leucistic, meaning there is a lack of pigmentation in his hair and skin, giving him a rare white-gray appearance. Both of his parents and his brother have normal coloration, which makes him very unique among okapis. The species is listed as endangered by the IUCN.

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A two-month-old okapi (Okapia johnstoni) named Mzimu (which means “ghost” in Swahili) at the Al Bustan Zoological Centre in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. This individual is leucistic, meaning there is a lack of pigmentation in his hair and skin, giving him a rare white-gray appearance. Both of his parents and his brother have normal coloration, which makes him very unique among okapis. The species is listed as endangered by the IUCN.

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A painted finch (Emblema pictum) at Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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A white morph of gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) photographed at the Dubai Falcon Center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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A white morph of gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) photographed at the Dubai Falcon Center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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A white morph of gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) photographed at Dubai Falcon Center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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A white morph of gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) photographed at the Dubai Falcon Center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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A white morph of gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) photographed at the Dubai Falcon Center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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A juvenile violet green swallow (Tachycineta thalassina thalassina) at Portland Audubon Wildlife Care Center in Portland, Oregon.

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A juvenile violet green swallow (Tachycineta thalassina thalassina) at Portland Audubon Wildlife Care Center in Portland, Oregon.

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A male black-and-white warbler (Mniotilta varia) from a bird banding study near Hudson, Wisconsin.

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A male black-and-white warbler (Mniotilta varia) from a bird banding study near Hudson, Wisconsin.

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A female black-and-white warbler (Mniotilta varia) from a bird banding study near Hudson, Wisconsin.

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A female black-and-white warbler (Mniotilta varia) from a bird banding study near Hudson, Wisconsin.

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A male black-and-white warbler (Mniotilta varia) from a bird banding study near Hudson, Wisconsin.

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A male black-and-white warbler (Mniotilta varia) from a bird banding study near Hudson, Wisconsin.

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A female black-and-white warbler (Mniotilta varia) from a bird banding study near Hudson, Wisconsin.

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A female black-and-white warbler (Mniotilta varia) from a bird banding study near Hudson, Wisconsin.

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El Segundo flower-loving fly (Rhaphiomidas terminatus terminatus). This insect was thought to be extinct since the end of the 1960s but a small remnant population of less than 100 individuals was discovered in the early 2000s.

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The Salt Creek tiger beetle (Cicindela nevadica lincolniana) in a lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. With a count of fewer than 205 adults in the summer of 2010, this subspecies of tiger beetle could be the rarest insect in North America. Found only in the interior saline wetlands of Lancaster County, Nebraska, the beetle has been in decline for years due to habitat loss from development. (US: Endangered)

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A plains least weasel (Mustela nivalis campestris) at Nebraska Wildlife Rehab in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.

This weasel is a male and is in its white winter coat. In the summer, his coat will turn brown.

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A plains least weasel (Mustela nivalis campestris) at Nebraska Wildlife Rehab in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.

This weasel is a male and is in its white winter coat. In the summer, his coat will turn brown.

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