This small woodpecker relative lives in forests and at forest edges in Colombia. The male has a black crown with white spots and yellow crown marks.
At about 9–10 cm, it is a small piculet. The crown is black with white spots; males also have yellow spots. The ear-coverts are chestnut, the upperparts greyish brown with an olive tinge, and the underparts dull white.
It occurs along edges of dry to humid forest and also in marshes and tree groves within agricultural areas. The page says details of its diet are not known.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.