A woodpecker that drills rows of shallow holes in bark to lick sap. It breeds in eastern North American forests and migrates south for winter.
It has bold black-and-white markings and a white stripe on the folded wing. Both sexes have a red forehead, while males also have a red throat.
It drills shallow rows of holes in tree bark and feeds on the sap and insects caught there. Most eastern North American birds migrate south for winter, with some reaching Panama.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.