The Spotted Dikkop is a ground-dwelling bird with long legs and yellow eyes. It hunts insects by running, stopping, and jabbing at prey with its bill.
A medium-sized bird with a short black bill with a yellow base and long legs. Its plumage is mottled brown and white, and its eyes are yellow.
It runs along the ground after insects, stops, and jabs at prey with its bill. It nests in a shallow hollow, and both parents incubate the eggs.
In southern Africa, most clutches contain 2 eggs. Both sexes share incubation, which can last up to about 30 days.
Chicks leave the nest within a day of hatching and are fed by both parents. When threatened, they crouch flat with the head stretched forward.
The sexes look alike. Juveniles are more heavily streaked and less blotched above, with finer streaks on the fore-neck and breast.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.