Key Identification Features
- Juveniles are similar to adults, but are overall browner with less distinct spots on their underparts.
- There are multiple recognized subspecies with distinct physical traits.
- Juveniles are slightly duller than adults, with a less distinct eyering, a rufous tint to the face, a chestnut tint to the crown, and lightly mottled throat and breast.
- Juveniles are darker overall than adults, with less conspicuous crown spots, less distinct borders on their underpart streaks, and a shorter, darker bill.
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