It is a small island specialist where its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests and plantations.

[3] Its natural habitats at tropical moist lowland and primary and secondary forest and cultivated areas with trees.

The IUCN Red List has assessed this bird as vulnerable with the population estimated at 2,500 to 10,000 mature individuals.

Its main threat is habitat destruction through both legal and Illegal logging, conversion into farmland and urban development for tourism.

It occurs in a few protected areas like the Turtle Islands National Park, Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park, Maratuas and Pulau Mantanani Bird Sanctuary and Rasa Island where it benefits from the protection of the Philippine cockatoo.

Eradicate macaques and black rats from protected islands.Devise and initiate conservation awareness campaigns to control hunting and curb deforestation on key islands.