A large hawk 52–62 cm long. It lives in Madagascar's forests, including eastern rainforest and western dry forest. It is active by day and hunts vertebrates.
It measures 52–62 cm in body length, with a wingspan of about 86–100 cm.
It is diurnal and uses eastern rainforest, western dry forest, and sometimes secondary woodland. It hunts vertebrate prey from a perch.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.