The Augur Buzzard is notable for its reddish tail and variable underparts. It watches from perches or scans from the air for small prey.
Adults have dark upperparts, with underparts ranging from whitish to dark grey, and a reddish tail. Juveniles are mainly brown with paler underparts.
It hunts from a perch or circles in the air while searching for prey, then dives to catch it. Its food includes small vertebrates and insects; it nests on wooded hills.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.