The Bay Woodpecker climbs trunks and large branches while foraging. The Hong Kong account describes it in mature broad-leaved forest, alone, in pairs, or in small family groups.
Adult males have a brownish head, dark body, broad orange-brown bars on the wings and tail, and a large yellow bill. A red patch marks the nape.
It climbs trunks and large branches while foraging. In Hong Kong it is observed alone, in pairs, or in small family parties; the local account says its diet has not been recorded sufficiently.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.