They are referred by locals as the "clock-of-the-mountains" due to its large booming call which typically occur of every hour.

They are now considered to be a threatened species and its reasons for decline being habitat destruction, hunting and poaching for the illegal pet trade.

[3] The bird is endemic to the Philippines, where it occurs in primary, mature secondary, and disturbed forests, and is found across majority of the country except the regions of Mimaropa, Sulu and Western Visayas.

Its described as a large bird with a dark body, rufous legs, chest and neck, an off-white tail and a black fack faced and a yellow thorat.

They are considered a keystone species due to their omnivorous feeding habits, which allow them to disperse seeds along the forest floor from the fruits they consume and control pest populations of insects they predate on.

This species suffers from substantial hunting pressure and widespread loss of habitat as a result of logging and conversion to agriculture.

Hunters climb up nesting trees to capture the mother and its chicks for the illegal wildlife trade.

[10] In 2014 in Adams, Ilocos Norte, the Vice-Mayor's son was photographed carrying a deceased juvenile that he had just shot.