Small, brightly coloured passerine[2] of lowland forest on Bohol, Leyte, and Samar islands.

Has a pale blue bill and deeper blue eye wattle, a black face, a streaked crown, a reddish-brown back, a dark wing with a pinkish to white wingbar, a thin white collar with some scaling above, reddish rump and tail and overall stout appearance.

It is differentiated by its thinner reddish collar and white wing patch versus the Wattled broadbill with its thicker white collar and yellow wing patch.

It is also smaller with sizes of 14-15 versus the 16–18cm of the Wattled broadbill[4] These birds are insectivorous where they forage in the middle and lower levels of the forest floor.

Most remaining lowland forest that is not afforded protection leaving it vulnerable to both legal and Illegal logging, conversion into farmlands through Slash-and-burn and mining.

Conservation actions proposed include to survey remaining habitat to better understand ecology and population size.