The Waved Woodpecker has chestnut and black bars. It searches for ants and termites in the treetops and excavates a nest cavity in a tree.
The male has black bars across its chestnut upperparts and a red stripe on the side of its head. The female lacks that red stripe.
It searches treetops for ants and termites, and sometimes eats seeds and fruit. A pair excavates a cavity in a tree for its nest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.