The Black-throated Huet-Huet is distributed in Chile south of the river Bío Bío and in adjacent parts of Argentina. It is found on the ground in southern beech Nothofagus forest especially where there is Chusquea bamboo.

It uses these to scratch the leaf litter on the ground in the manner of a domestic chicken thereby uncovering the insects, worms, seeds, etc. that make up the bulk of its diet.