Tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae)

Caracas Tapaculo (Scytalopus caracae) - HBW 8, p. 775

French: Mérulaxe de Caracas German: Caracastapaculo Spanish: Churrín de Caracas
Other common names: Venezuelan Tapaculo

Taxonomy: Scytalopus latebricola caracae Hellmayr, 1922, Galipán, Cerro de Ávila, Venezuela.
Previously considered conspecific with S. latebricola, but has different song. Monotypic.

Distribution: Coastal mountains of Venezuela from Aragua to Miranda and in W Sucre (Cerro Turumiquire).