A sparrow-sized woodpecker with black-and-white bars on its back and wings. In Britain it searches for food high in woodlands with plenty of deadwood.
It has black-and-white bars on its back and wings. Males have a red crown, while females have a black crown; neither has red on the belly.
It searches for food high in woodland with plenty of deadwood, creeping along branches. Its flight between trees has a bouncing, undulating path.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.