It is endemic to primarily lowland forests on the Philippine islands of Mindanao, Dinagat and Camiguin Sur.

Mostly black with a black-tipped white tail, a red casque and bill with ridges on the lower base, and orange bare skin around the eye and chin pouch.

Voice is a loud, nasal “waag!”[2] Diet is mainly fruit but also feeds on insects, small mammals and reptiles.

Cooperative breeding wherein immature birds from previous seasons help out in feeding the female and chick have not been observed with this species so far.

Lays 2 eggs in captivity and the entire nesting cycle including incubation and fledging took 92 days.