The name "Canastero" comes from the Spanish word for 'basketmaker' and refers to the way theses birds make their nests, weaving them like a basketmaker. Twenty species, all occurring in South America, are called Canasteros and belong to the bird species Asthenes, a subdivision of the Oven birds. This species, Many-striped canastero, occurs in a narrow belt from Colombia in the north, to Peru in the south. It is around 16-17 cm long. It subsists on i.a. arthropods picked from the bushes. Apart from this, little is known about this unexplored bird.