This resident bird occurs in the Philippines. BirdLife lists moist lowland forest as its main habitat and records it up to 1,000 m.
A Birds of the World profile photograph shows a black head and throat, a white ear patch, gray underparts, olive-yellow upperparts, and a long tail.
BirdLife identifies moist lowland forest as the major habitat and also lists heavily degraded former forest as suitable. Its factsheet classifies the species as resident, with records from 0 to 1,000 m and no migration.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.