The Red-necked Woodpecker has a red neck and chest and a rufous belly. In the Bolivian forests covered by the source, it occurs alone or in loose pairs and uses several forest levels.
It is about 28–29 cm long, with a red neck and chest and a rufous belly. The primaries have a broad rufous base, and the back lacks white stripes.
It is seen alone or in loose pairs and uses different levels of the forest. It drums intermittently.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.