Description

As its name suggests, this mysterious bird is distinguishable by heavy black spotting on its white breast. The upperparts are brownish with a band of white spots on the wing-coverts . The face is whitish in colour with two black vertical stripes, one running through the eyes, and the other across the ear-coverts . The legs are a fleshy-pink colour. There is slight variation between the five recognised subspecies, and juveniles are darker than adults with buff spotting on the head.

Fun Facts

The voice of this medium-sized bird is loud and melodic with flutey phrases of four to five notes. It calls with a drawn out