The Luzon Bleeding-heart is a ground-dwelling dove of forests on Luzon and Polillo. It has a red breast patch against pale plumage, and the sexes look alike.
It has a short tail and long legs, pale blue-grey head and wings, white underparts, and a dark red breast patch. The sexes have similar plumage.
When approached, it may fly only a short distance and then escape on foot. In the wild it eats seeds, fallen berries, insects, and worms on the forest floor.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.