This large hawk has a blackish-gray throat and chest, with fine black bars across its white belly. It is diurnal and lives in humid foothill and montane forest.
The throat and chest are blackish gray, while the white breast and belly have fine black bars. The cere and legs are yellow; the wings are broad and the tail fairly short.
It is listed as diurnal and carnivorous. The species inhabits humid foothill and montane forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.