The White-browed Piculet is a small woodpecker with green upperparts, a rufous rump, and a white stripe behind the eye. It searches for ants and other small prey in low, dense vegetation near bamboo or water.
It has rufous plumage, green upperparts, a rufous rump, and a white stripe behind the eye. The tail is very short; the male has a bright yellow forehead patch.
It feeds on ants, small bark beetles, and spiders, moving rapidly through dense vegetation at low levels. It may occur alone, in pairs, or in small mixed-species flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.