Streak-throated Canastero occurs in the high Andes of Peru and Bolivia. Adults have fine dark streaks on the face, throat, and upper breast, plus an orange-red chin patch. They forage on the ground among bunchgrass and scattered rocks.
Adults have faint streaks on the back, stronger dark streaks on the face, neck, throat, and upper breast, and an orange-red chin patch.
It walks and forages on the ground among bunchgrass and scattered rocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.