| Description:
Small
and plump, boldy spotted wings, very prominent red
orbital skin.
Adult
male: The face, sides of neck and breast are pale
grey grading to white at the belly. The forehead greyish-brown
down to the hindneck. Iris is brown and the bill is
black. They have extensive red or reddish-orange orbital
skin. Chin and throat are white. The mantle, scapulars,
tertials, wing-coverts, back, rump, uppertail-coverts
are more fawn-brown. In contrast, the flight feathers
are blackish-brown and greyish brown undersides. The
tail is proportionately long with the inner two pairs
of feathers a dark brown. The outer feathers and undertail
are black with narrow white tips. Underwing-coverts
and axillaries are blackish-brown. Legs and feet reddish
pink.
Adult female: Very similar but with duller orbital
skin.
Juvenile: Slightly duller overall with rufous fringes
to head, mantle and scapulars.
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