The Green-backed Woodpecker is a small woodpecker of woodland and open forest in parts of eastern and central Africa. It is active by day and feeds on small invertebrates, including insects.
At about 16 cm long, it is a small woodpecker.
Active by day, it uses forest edges, open woodland, palm groves, and thorn scrub, where it searches for invertebrates, especially insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.