This cinclodes is recorded in Córdoba Province, central Argentina. Its 1944 original description noted a ferruginous wing band and rusty tips on the outer tail feathers of the adult male type. The national parks database also lists rivers and streams among its habitat categories.
The adult male type in the 1944 original description had a ferruginous wing band and rusty tips on the outer tail feathers. The base of its lower mandible was described as bright yellow.
Argentina’s national parks biodiversity system lists rivers and streams and water-dependent communities among the structural habitat groups where this species occurs. This is a database habitat classification, not a behavioral account.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.