Larger size, coppery-neck-patch, underparts unbarred.

Adult male: The top of the head is dark grey with light grey and black flecks. The iris is yellow and the bill is light grey. In the breeding season, the eye-skin becomes bright red and very prominent. The chin, throat, and upper breast are blue-grey. The back of the neck and the upper mantle are bronze, each feather edged with black. The remainder of the upper side is dark grey-brown, edged with black. The abdomen and under the tail are white or cream. The top of the tail is dark grey-brown. The under-side of the wing and the bottom of the promaries are chestnut-brown. The under-side of the tail is brown, each feather tipped with white. The legs and feet are pink.

Adult female: The female is similar to the male.

Juvenile: The juvenile differs from the adult in that the crown of the juvenile head is more brown. The back of the neck and the upper mantle (bronze in adults) is brown, smaller, and not prominent. The blue-grey throat and breast is streaked with gray-brown, especially at the sides. The wing feathers are not so prominently barred with black but are flecked with light grey, and many feathers having a pale edge.

Other Names:

Australia and New Guinea

Large areas of shrubbery coverage, with adjacent low herbage and grasses, open ground for feeding, and near-by water.

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