The Congo Serpent Eagle is a forest raptor with rounded wings and a long tail. It watches from a perch for snakes and other prey.
It has short, rounded wings and a relatively long tail. The back is mostly dark brown; the white underside varies in its dark and rufous markings by subspecies.
It watches for prey from a perch in the forest and swoops down to catch it. Snakes are its main prey, and it also takes other reptiles.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.