The black-handed titi occurs in the Colombian Amazon. Its species account describes dark hands, feet, tail, and underparts, with a white throat.
The account describes the head, cheek fur, hands, feet, tail, and underparts (except the throat) as mostly blackish, with a white throat.
The 2002 account describes the torquatus group, which includes this species, as living in terra firme forest and eating fruit and arthropods.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.