Picus funebris Valenciennes, Dict. Sc. Nat. (1826), 40, 179.
Microstictus funebris Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1890), 18,
492; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 230; [46] McGregor and Worcester,
Hand-List (1906), 66.
Catanduanes (Whitehead); Luzon (Meyer, Heriot, Steere Exp.,
Whitehead, McGregor); Marinduque (Steere Exp.).
Male.--Black with a slight gloss on wings and back; throat and abdomen
smoky brown; lores, forehead, cheeks, and a wide space around each
eye deep crimson; chin, throat, sides and back of neck with a small
white spot at the tip of each feather. Iris pale yellow; bill white;
legs plumbeous; nails light horn-blue. Length, 330; wing, 156; tail,
138; culmen from base, 37; tarsus, 29.
Female.--Similar to the male but with no crimson anywhere on the head;
the cheeks, like the throat, spotted with white. Length, 315; wing,
155; tail, 133; culmen from base, 34; tarsus, 27.
This species is fairly common in the lowland forests of Luzon.