The Pied Water Tyrant has black-and-white upperparts, white underparts, and a black bill and legs. In Peru it has been recorded in Ucayali and southern Loreto, where it uses open scrub near water.
The upperparts are black and white, the underparts are white, and the bill and legs are black.
It forages in open shrubbery and scrub close to water.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.