The Rusty-fronted Canastero is endemic to Peru and lives in dry scrub of the high Andes.
The head and mantle are rufous-brown, the wings and tail are rufous, and an orange chin patch can be difficult to see in the field.
It forages in dry Andean scrub and is reported at 2,900–4,000 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.