The facial disc is cinnamon to tawny brown and the eyes are pale yellow. Its brown upperparts are heavily marked with black, the shoulders show a white band, and the lower tarsi and toes are bare. It is nocturnal, roosting by day in dense foliage or among epiphytes. It hunts large insects and small rodents at dusk and at night, usually along forest edges and clearings. Family-sized groups may roost close together.
The facial disc is cinnamon to tawny brown and the eyes pale yellow. The back is heavily marked black, with a white shoulder band. The lower third of the tarsi and the toes are bare.
It is nocturnal, roosting by day in dense foliage or among epiphytes. It hunts large insects and small rodents at dusk and at night, usually along forest edges and clearings. Family-sized groups may roost close together.
It takes prey from the ground or branches with its talons.
The bill is greenish grey to bluish grey.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.