The Andean Tit-Spinetail occurs in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. It forages in Andean scrub and nearby shrubbery.
The brown crown is streaked black, and the dusky back and underparts are heavily streaked whitish. A broad pale-buffy eyebrow and a long gray, forked tail are distinctive.
The species account describes foraging in Andean scrub and associated shrubbery.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.