The male has a white forehead and yellow throat. This woodpecker lives in southern South American habitats such as dry forest and savanna; a study documented sap feeding in Argentina's Chaco.
The male has a white forehead and forecrown, a yellow throat, black upperparts, and white underparts.
A study in the semiarid Chaco of Argentina found sap-feeding on several tree species and reported that large trees were selected as sap trees.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.