The Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle has a white head with a black crest. It watches from trees for mammals, birds, and reptiles.
It has a white head, black crest and back, and white underparts. Its legs are feathered and its iris is yellow.
It perches high in trees in tropical forest, often near waterways. It eats mammals, birds, and reptiles, and builds a platform nest in a tree.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.