Cinclodes oustaleti lives near Andean streams and lakes. It is dark brown, with a white eyebrow and throat, a pale-flecked dark breast, and a cinnamon wing-bar. It moves to lower elevations in winter.
It is dark brown, with a white eyebrow and throat. The breast is dark grey with whitish mottling, and the wing has a cinnamon band.
It uses rocky slopes near mountain streams and rivers, walking and running between stones while foraging. In winter it has also been observed on lake shores and in urban areas as it moves to lower elevations.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.