Patagonian Canastero inhabits dry steppe and shrubland in the southern half of Argentina. It is mostly grayish brown, with a whitish, black-speckled throat and a mainly black tail edged with rufous. It feeds in scrub and may hold its tail upright when on the ground.
Most of the body is grayish brown, the throat is whitish with black specks, and the tail is mainly black with rufous on the outer web of the outer tail feathers.
It uses dry steppe shrubland and feeds in scrub; when found on the ground it may cock its tail upward.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.