This dove is recorded from Tawi-Tawi and Sanga-Sanga in the southern Philippines. The 2001 account notes limited field records and that it was often detected by its calls.
It has a gray crown, olive back, and rusty belly, with a brown vent and gray undertail.
Breeding is unknown. Figs were found in the stomach of one specimen collected in 1991.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.