Diet: insectivore based on dos Anjos and Boçon 1999, Cueto and Lopez de Casenave 2000, Manhäes and Loures-Ribeiro 2005, Gareca et al. 2010, and Teles and Dias 2010

Abundance: 0.06 to 2.31% (median 0.42%)

Latitudinal range: -22.9° to -6.8°

Habitats: mangrove (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical savanna (1)

Found in 4 samples

Brazil: Uberabinha River, Pontal do Paranapanema, Estuário do rio Mamanguape, Vermelho River (interior)

See also Colaptes, Colaptes atricollis, Colaptes auratus, Colaptes cafer, Colaptes campestris, Colaptes pitius, Colaptes punctigula, Colaptes rivolii, Colaptes rubiginosus, Colaptes rupicola