The Yellow-tufted Woodpecker occurs in tropical South America. Its yellow head tuft and red belly stand out; in Bolivia it perches in forest canopies, often on dead branches or snags.
It has a yellow tuft at the back of the head, a red belly, and black-and-white barred flanks. Males have a red crown; the yellow-tufted morph has a yellow line from the eye to the nape that the black-headed form lacks.
In Bolivia, it often perches on dead branches and snags in the canopy and is conspicuous and noisy.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.