The Panay cloudrunner was discovered by western science in 1987, and was described as a new species in 1996 by Robert Kennedy of the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History and Pedro Gonzales of the National Museum of the Philippines.

The late date of discovery was because the lack of forest cover on Panay which led to the island being largely ignored by biologists.

[3] The cloudrunner is nocturnal and arboreal, and nests during the day in the hollow of a large tree.

Its diet includes bananas, guavas, corn, papayas, and assorted leaves.

[3][4] Continued deforestation on the island of Panay is the major threat to this species, and the animal is now confined to remnant forest in a mountain range on the western end of the island.