It has been sighted in several locations all across the island, the most important sites being the Central Cebu Protected Landscape, the forests of Alcoy and Argao, and the shrublands of Casili, Consolacion.

Male is entirely black with a glossy sheen, where the female is sooty gray with a rusty belly.

Usually seen in pairs foraging close to the forest floor or thickets with a lot of tangled vines.

Cebu underwent severe deforestation in the 1890s and now just 0.03% or 15 km2 (5.8 sq mi) of forest cover remains.

Up until today, the forests of Cebu still receive hunting pressure and deforestation — further reducing what little there is remaining.

This has led to many local extinctions of species such as Cebu warty pig and possibly Cebu amethyst brown dove and local extinctions of Philippine oriole, Blackish cuckooshrike, Bar-bellied cuckooshrike and Philippine hanging parrot.