The Black-bibbed Cicadabird occurs in the Philippines and uses the canopy and middle storey of moist lowland secondary forest and montane forest. The male plumage description here is limited to the Mindanao subspecies mindanense.
The male of subspecies mindanense from Mindanao has a black face continuing to the lower breast, black primaries and outer tail feathers, and pale grey elsewhere. Females are described as mostly pale grey.
It uses the canopy and middle storey of moist lowland secondary forest and montane forest. Insects are considered a probable food, but the page notes little information is available.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.