Rufous-brown on the wings, back, and tail, with a gray head, heavily-streaked pale underparts, and a black face and moustache stripe.

Voice includes a loud rattling trill and various quiet chips and squeals.

[2] The IUCN Red List assessed this bird as endangered with population estimated as 2,500 to 10,000 mature individuals.

Negros is one of the most deforested islands in the country, owing to illegal logging and conversion of forests into sugarcane plantations.

An estimated 4% of Negros and 8% of Panay remained forested in 1988, most of it above 1,000 m. Conservation actions proposed include