The Cuban Green Woodpecker is endemic to Cuba. It climbs along branches to look for insects and can excavate nest cavities in smaller trunks and branches.
It has olive-green upperparts and yellow-green underparts streaked with black. The sides of the head are white, a black line runs behind the eye, and the throat is red. The male has a bright red crown; the front half is black in the female.
It climbs trunks and branches while searching for insects and excavates cavities even in smaller trees. Both parents take turns incubating the eggs and feeding the chicks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.