Male Band-tailed Antshrikes are black, with white shoulder and wing spots and a broad white band near the end of the tail. The species occurs in the northeastern Amazon and uses forest undergrowth with vines.
Length 16–17 cm. The male is black, with white scapular and wing spots and a broad white band across the tail near its tip. WikiAves describes the female as rufous, with a dark face and breast.
A Brazilian species account records it searching for small invertebrates among vines, low branches, and leaf litter. It is also associated with humid forest undergrowth and waterside woods.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.