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Leucistic birds are very interesting. There was a leucistic goldfinch on my feeder a few years ago. They are just kind of washed out looking.
I've read the leucism develops when the nerves and sense organ are developing as well, so they typically have bad eyesight and other nerve problems, so they typically do not fare well.
You're here pretty often, so you probably saw the big post about the leucistic GHO I shared a while back, but if not, I can find you a link.