The pale chanting goshawk hunts predominantly from elevated perches such as trees and telephone poles but also walks on the ground in pursuit of prey.
It commonly associates with foraging honey badgers and feed on organisms that are flushed by the honey badger's feeding activity. This association increases the hunting opportunities and prey capture success of the pale chanting goshawk while the honey badger does not suffer any loss of foraging efficiency.

We were fortunate to witness a southern pale chanting goshawk hunting red-billed quelea at fourteenth borehole in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier park.

When a southern pale chanting goshawk caught a Burchell's sandgrouse at Union's End waterhole in the Kgalagadi transfrontier park, we saw it taking some time to control its prey before flying off with it into a nearby tree.

Also near Union's end waterhole, we spotted a southern pale chanting goshakw balancing on top of the bushes, looking for prey on the ground.