Head and neck: Crown and nape greyish brown; throat and neck brown; eye outer ring red, inner ring yellowish white; skin around eye bluish grey; bill red with brown tip.
Body: Back, rump, and wing coverts dark brown; upper back brown with rufous edges (male); lower and side of neck and breast brown with finely barred; breast, abdomen, undertail covert brown.
Limbs and tail: Legs and feet brown; tail long, dark brown.