The Solitary Cacique has a black body and pale bill. It searches the dense forest understory alone or in pairs in the Amazon region.
It is about 27 cm long, with an all-black body, brown iris, pale yellowish bill, and rounded tail.
It forages alone or in pairs in dense understory. The account's range description includes Andean foothills up to about 1,300 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.