A raptor of woodland and forest across sub-Saharan Africa. It has a gray crest and broad rufous bars below, and searches for prey from one perch to another.
Adults have dark brown upperparts, a gray crest, a pale throat, and broad chestnut bars across the breast and belly.
In woodland and forest edges it searches from a perch and takes prey from the canopy or ground, mainly reptiles and insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.