This earthcreeper inhabits high Andean steppe in northwestern Argentina. It has a long, slightly curved bill, cinnamon-brown upperparts and a pale eyebrow.
The bill is long and slightly curved. The back is cinnamon brown, the eyebrow ochre, the throat pale, and the ochre underparts are mottled brown.
It uses high Andean steppe and nests in caves or tunnels in ravines and rocky slopes.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.