- d well ing ▁war b ler , ▁meas uring ▁ ▁in ▁length ▁and ▁we igh ing ▁. ▁It ▁has ▁an ▁off - white ▁face , ▁stre aked ▁with ▁buff y - b rown ▁on ▁the ▁ear ▁cover ts , ▁and ▁the ▁crown ▁is ▁brown ▁with ▁white ▁spe ck les . ▁The ▁eye ▁is ▁brown , ▁the ▁bill ▁is ▁dark ▁grey - b rown , ▁and ▁the ▁legs ▁are ▁p ink ish - b rown . ▁The ▁male ▁has ▁a ▁black ▁upper ▁margin ▁to ▁the ▁brow , ▁whereas ▁on ▁the ▁female ▁it ▁is ▁re dd ish - b rown . ▁The ▁pl um age ▁of ▁the ▁upper parts ▁is ▁grey - b rown ▁with ▁dark er ▁stre aks . ▁The ▁tail ▁is ▁dark - b rown ▁with ▁a ▁black ▁sub term inal ▁band ▁and ▁white ▁tips , ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁usually ▁held ▁hor izont ally . ▁The ▁under parts ▁are ▁yellow ish - white ▁and ▁heavily ▁stre aked ▁with ▁black . ▁The ▁ju ven ile ▁is ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁female , ▁but ▁the ▁top ▁of ▁its ▁head ▁is ▁more ▁diffus ely ▁sp otted . ▁ ▁Distribution ▁and ▁Hab itat ▁The ▁spe ck led ▁war b ler ▁is ▁found ▁in ▁sout he astern ▁Australia . ▁It ▁is ▁patch ily ▁distributed ▁in ▁Queensland , ▁roughly ▁sout heast ▁of ▁a ▁line ▁between ▁Mack ay ▁and ▁Char lev ille , ▁being ▁somewhat ▁more ▁common ▁towards ▁the ▁extreme ▁sout heast ▁of ▁the ▁state . ▁In ▁New ▁South ▁Wales , ▁it ▁occurs ▁throughout ▁the ▁New ▁England ▁Table lands ▁and