This frogmouth inhabits lowland forest on Palawan. Males are gray-brown and finely speckled; females are more rufous and less patterned.
Males are gray-brown and finely speckled, with barred flight feathers and tail. Females are more rufous and less patterned. Both sexes have a broken white line above the shoulder, white scalloping on the belly, and whisker-like feathers.
The species is associated with lowland forest on Palawan.
Its voice is a raspy, whistled two-note call, with the second note falling.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.