Tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae)

Ash-coloured Tapaculo (Myornis senilis) - HBW 8, p. 785

French: Mérulaxe cendré German: Aschgrauer Tapaculo Spanish: Tapaculo Cenizo

Taxonomy: Merulaxis senilis Lafresnaye, 1840, Bogotá, Colombia.
Has been placed in genus Scytalopus by some authors, but may be related more closely to Merulaxis. Monotypic.

Distribution: E & C Andes of Colombia, S to Ecuador (in W, S to El Oro and N Loja) and Peru (extreme N, also C Andes S to Huánuco and N Pasco).