The small Lizard buzzard (35–37 cm) is characterized, among other things, by having a light throat patch divided by a vertical, black band - something difficult to see unless you look closely! (In the picture it can be confused by the shadow of the beak). There you can also see the white transverse band on the tail - also a characteristic! The wings are relatively short, which is considered an adaptation to dense vegetation or forest. The food consists of invertebrates, reptiles and mammals. Grasshoppers and termites are the most common prey, but the bird also takes larger prey that provides more biomass, such as small rodents and, as the name suggests, lizards, but also frogs and snakes.