[2] EBird describes the bird as "A medium-sized dove of lowland secondary forest on Tawi-Tawi Island, where it is the only brown-dove.

Sings an accelerating series on the same pitch, ending in a trill, 'dup-dup-dup-du-du-d-d-drrrrr', reminiscent of a ping-pong ball falling on a table.

"[3] It was formerly conspecific with the Mindanao brown dove but differs greatly in plummage and voice.

This species has a gray vcrown, an orange belly and a light brown vent and undertail.

[5] The IUCN Red List classifies this bird as an endangered species with population estimates of 250 to 999 mature individuals This species' main threat is habitat loss with wholesale clearance of forest habitats as a result of legal and illegal logging, mining and conversion into farmlands through Slash-and-burn and urbanization.