The upper side is usually speckled and mottled for camouflage, while the underside is pale. The ear coverts are speckled gray and grayish-black. Fledglings are grayish in color, with speckled breasts. They then moult into a greyish speckled plumage. Their underparts are cream speckled and spotted with brown. Rivers and lakes are populated with pike, walleye, whitefish, rainbow, speckled, brown trout, and sturgeon. They are heavily built rodents, with bristly brown fur speckled with yellow or grey. Their wings are clear or speckled brown. Some are striped, speckled or bicoloured. The sides are a slightly speckled, lighter grey. Both morphs have speckled black and white bellies. The red rings are usually speckled with black. The berry is speckled red when immature and solid red when ripe. Valleys with permanent water support endemic fish populations, such as the Monitor Valley speckled dace. Desi chana can be black, green or speckled.