Tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae)

Brasilia Tapaculo (Scytalopus novacapitalis) - HBW 8, p. 771

French: Mérulaxe de Brasilia German: Brasiliatapaculo Spanish: Churrín de Brasilia

Taxonomy: Scytalopus indigoticus novacapitalis Sick, 1958, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
Field observations and tape recordings from C Minas Gerais, purportedly of this species, appear to be referable to a new, as yet undescribed species; further study needed. Monotypic.

Distribution: S Brazil, locally in S Goiás, Distrito Federal and W Minas Gerais.