This medium size (7 to 8 inch) bird can be seen vigorously scratching among the leaf litter under bushes on campus looking for food. The female is brown above with orange-brown sides and white belly, while the male is black above with orange-brown sides and white belly. They are common throughout most of the US.

(download full screen 300 dpi, 99K jpeg image of the female or a 54K jpeg of the male)