The belly is brownish or yellowish with dark mottling. The ventral surface is dull white or yellowish with some dark mottling. Leg markings may also take the form of blotches, patches, marbling, mottling, or spotting. It appears initially as whitish-yellow mottling of younger fronds. The upper body is brownish with pale mottling. Typical juveniles show large areas of whitish streaking or mottling seen from above in flight. Ventrals are grayish-white, with some lateral dark mottling. Livedo reticularis appears as a bluish-purple, netlike mottling of the skin. The coloration is bright red with pinkish-silver mottling on the sides and head. The belly is a yellowish or cream-colored, with diffused, dark mottling along the sides. Breeding birds have white lower underparts with some black mottling on flanks. Females of this morph are often darker with more rufous mottling. Various fungal and viral diseases can cause mottling of leaves and stunting of growth. The legs are brown with faint white mottling or banding. The underside is white with darker mottling.