Adult male: The forehead is greyish-white with light grey scaling. The top pf the head and nape are bluish-grey with dull grey scaling. The back of the neck and the upper mantle are greyish-brown and lightly scaled grey-brown. The mantle, scapulars, teritals, inner secondaries, wing-coverts, back, rump and uppertail-coverts are greyish-brown with bold blackish-brown scaling. The inner two pairs of rectrices are also greyish-brown. The outer rectices are blackish with broad white tips and white outerweb to the outermost feathers. The outer secondaries and primaries are red-brown with black tips. The primary wing-coverts are red-brown with black tips and edges to the outwebs. The chin and throat are whitish with very faint scaling. The face, sides of the neck and the breast pale pinkish-grey with light blackish-brown scaling. The lower breast is pinkish brown, grading to buffish-white on the flanks, lower belly and undertail-coverts. Undertail is blackish with broad white tips. Underwing-coverts and axillaries are black, or sometimes red-brown with black edgings. The underside of the flight feathers are redish-brown with brown tips. The iris is variable, orange to red. The narrow eye-ring is blue-grey. The bill is black. The legs and feet are bright coral-red.

Adult female: Females are duller pink below.

Juvenile: Considerably duller and more greyish-brown. The feathering on the breast is similar to the adult scaling. The feet and tarsi are dull red.

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Arid and semi-arid regions in open grassy habitats, agricultural areas and scrubby woodlands with scattered trees.

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