 The holotype, a male, was collected by them from the small island of Tataan off the coast of Tawi-Tawi in October 1891.The specific name, "menagei", honors Louis F. Menage, a Minnesota real estate tycoon who funded the expedition.It is a member of the bleeding-heart superspecies, which includes Luzon bleeding-heart, Mindanao bleeding-heart, Mindoro bleeding-heart, and Negros bleeding-heart; these birds are so similar that some authors have considered them to be a single species.