| Description:
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.
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