Spotted ground-thrush  (Zoothera guttata)

As its name suggests, this mysterious bird is distinguishable by heavy black spotting on its white breast (4) (5). The upperparts are brownish with a band of white spots on the wing-coverts (2) (4). The face is whitish in colour with two black vertical stripes, one running through the eyes, and the other across the ear-coverts (2) (5). The legs are a fleshy-pink colour (3). There is slight variation between the five recognised subspecies, and juveniles are darker than adults with buff spotting on the head (2). The voice of this medium-sized bird is loud and melodic with flutey phrases of four to five notes (4) (5). It calls with a drawn out ‘sreee’ (4), and whilst foraging, a scarcely audible ‘tsii-tsii’ sound is made (2).