Carpinterito común (Arg), Carpintero variado (Bol), Pica-pau-anao-barrado (Br).
Black head dotted white, through red dots on forehead and crown of ♂ (absent in ♀). Underparts barred greyish-white and black. Upperparts greyish-brown (greenish-brown in ♀). Tail as in most of the genus, black and white lengthways.
Savannahs, woods, thickets and forests.