The Speckled Piculet is a tiny woodpecker with fine black-and-white markings. It searches trunks and branches for insects and is also recorded in natural forests in Hong Kong.
Fine black-and-white spots cover the back, and the underside is pale. Males have red markings on the head.
It moves along trunks and slender branches, searching the bark and crevices for small insects. Hong Kong records place it in forested areas.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.