The Madagascar Buzzard is a medium-sized raptor endemic to Madagascar. It searches for prey on the ground in places such as forest edges and savannah.
It has a compact build and a fairly short tail. Adults are brown above and pale below with dark marks, but their plumage varies. Juveniles have more evenly marked underparts.
It lives alone or in pairs and watches for ground prey from a perch. It uses forest edges, remnant woodland, savannah, scrub, and farmland.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.