Black-and-buff Woodpecker

Black-and-buff WoodpeckerThis woodpecker lives in Southeast Asian forests. Males have a red cheek stripe that females lack. It uses humid forest edges, secondary growth, and bamboo, searching bark for invertebrates.What does it look like?The historical specialist account describes males as black to brownish-black, with large buff patches on the sides and back of the neck and on the wings. A red stripe marks the cheek; females lack this red stripe.How does it live?This woodpecker lives in Southeast Asian forests. Males have a red cheek stripe that females lack. It uses humid forest edges, secondary growth, and bamboo, searching bark for invertebrates.It lives in humid forest edges, secondary growth, and bamboo, and searches bark for invertebrates by day.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.