Chibia cuyensis McGregor, Bull. Philippine Mus. (1903), 1, 5;
McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 107.
Tam-bi-bi-li-gao, Cuyo.
Cuyo (McGregor).
Adult (sexes alike).--Wing, tail, and upper tail-coverts dark glossy
green; all other parts dark blue-black; feathers of crown, nape, and
breast tipped with glossy blue-black; some long hackles on sides of
neck; back slightly metallic; outermost rectrices slightly upturned and
twisted near the tip. A male (type) measures: Length, 305; wing, 152;
tail, 130; bill from nostril, 23; depth of bill at nostril, 12; tarsus,
28; difference in length between the middle and outermost rectrices,
9. A female, wing, 145; tail, 124; bill from nostril, 11.5; tarsus, 27.
This species differs from C. palawanensis in being larger and in
having the bill longer and deeper; spangles on chest larger.