The Ringed Woodpecker is a forest woodpecker of the Amazon basin. It has black and pale bars across the back and a cinnamon-colored head.
Its back has alternating black and pale bars, and its head is cinnamon-colored. The male has a red malar stripe.
It forages among trunks and branches in the midstorey of terra firme and tall várzea forest, sometimes with mixed-species flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.