This large hawk-eagle has a white-tipped crest and streaked gray cheeks. It occurs in southwest India and Sri Lanka, where it uses montane forest and woodland along streams and hunts small mammals and birds.
It has a white-tipped crest, streaked gray cheeks, and long feathered legs. The upper breast has streaking, while the breast, belly, and thighs are strongly barred.
It inhabits montane forest and woodland along streams. Its diet includes small mammals and game birds, with lizards and snakes taken occasionally.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.