A grey-brown eagle with a large head, marked in flight by a white band across its short tail.
It is grey-brown, with a large head and a short tail. A broad white band crosses the tail, and narrow black bars mark the pale underwings.
It favors open woodland along rivers and hunts snakes from a perch. It also eats amphibians and is described as a secretive, solitary resident.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.