The Luzon Island Thrush inhabits mountains on Luzon. It is black with a browner, hood-like head. Current taxonomy includes the northern form and the southern subspecies mayonensis.
The species is described as black with a browner hood. The account includes the northern nominate form and the southern Luzon subspecies mayonensis.
It is recorded in mountain forest and along forest edges on Luzon, including the Cordillera and Sierra Madre ranges.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.