Meyer's Goshawk is a forest hawk with black upperparts, a white underside, and fine bars on its flanks. Its legs and the base of its bill are yellow.
In the usual plumage, the upperparts are black and the underside is white, with fine barring on the flanks. The legs and base of the bill are yellow.
It lives in lowland and montane forest and takes varied prey, especially pigeons, by swooping on them in flight.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.