[3] Generally brown-colored, these medium-sized birds have a glossy reddish-violet patch on sides of the neck and warm, dark brown upper parts.

[7] Its call is an accelerating series of identically pitched notes, "wup-pup-pup-pu-pu-pu-pu", reminiscent of a ping-pong ball falling on a table.

Consideredl rare in range Threats include habitat loss and hunting for both food and the exotic pet trade.

[9] Illegal logging is not as rampant at high elevations, because most trees are not commercially valuable and the slopes are too steep to be converted to farmland.

Conservation actions proposed include to survey to assess abundance, elevational range and habitat requirements at key sites and to assess whether the species is present in poorly surveyed areas of Mindanao Ensure the effective protection of remaining forest at key and potential sites.