The Black-tailed Tityra is widespread in Amazonia; in Peru, the account records it up to about 700 m in the Andean foothills.
The male is dingy white with a black head, wings, and tail. The female is similar but has dusky streaks on the back, neck, and breast. Both sexes have red skin at the bill base and around the eye.
It forages in the forest canopy and at forest edges. The Peru account describes it as uncommon but widespread in Amazonia.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.