The flanks are mottled grayish or brown. It is usually greyish-brown, with mottled skin. Young fish are paler with more mottled colouration. Juveniles are mottled gray and white. The lores are tawny, the crown tawny mottled black. The upperparts are mottled brown and the underparts are light brown. The body is mottled brown with straw-yellow stripes on top and pale underneath. Colouration is typically mottled brown, grey or black. The seeds can also be mottled and speckled. The body is mottled brown on top and pale underneath. The banded fur of a wolf is usually mottled white, brown, gray, and black. Nests are layered hexagonal combs covered by a mottled gray paper envelope. The adult female is mottled brown, and has a whitish area at base of bill. The diseased plants had variegated leaves that were mottled. Both male and female are mottled brown in color and resemble a female mallard.