The Mantled Hawk is a large hawk with white and slate-grey plumage and a short tail. It lives in humid hilly forest and hunts reptiles, small mammals, and birds.
Its head and upper mantle are white, while the back and wings are slate-grey. The tail has a black base and a white terminal half; the underparts are white.
It flies in circles high above the forest, alone or in pairs, and usually perches in the canopy. It hunts reptiles, small mammals, and birds.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.