This kite has a white face with black streaks and a large white patch at the base of its long wings. It hunts small birds, especially nestlings, and insects in the canopy.
Adults are reddish with a white face marked by thick black streaks on the crown. In flight, long upswept wings show a large white patch near their bases.
It takes small birds, especially nestlings, and insects from the outer canopy. In NSW, breeding is recorded from July to February, with nests in tree forks or on large limbs near watercourses.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.