A boldly marked woodpecker of high-elevation Himalayan foothill forest. Its belly is finely yellow-streaked, and males have a red patch on the rear crown.
The belly has dense yellowish streaking and the neck and throat are pale yellow-orange. A male has a red patch toward the back of the crown; a female lacks it.
It inhabits high-elevation Himalayan foothill forest and is usually seen alone or in pairs, drumming on tree trunks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.