Spot-throated Flameback is a woodpecker of the Palawan island group. Males have a red forehead and crest, while females have white spots on a black crown.
Males have a red forehead and crest, lower back, and rump, with golden-olive back and wings. Females have a black crown with white spots and red-tipped crest feathers.
The species is recorded in forest, open woodland, and coconut plantations.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.