Tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae)

Choco Tapaculo (Scytalopus chocoensis) - HBW 8, p. 774

French: Mérulaxe du Choco German: Chocótapaculo Spanish: Churrín del Chocó

Taxonomy: Scytalopus chocoensis Krabbe and Schulenberg, 1997, El Placer, 670 m, Esmeraldas, Ecuador.
Formerly included within S. vicinior. Monotypic.

Distribution: Pacific slope in E Panama (Cerro Pirre) and from W Colombia S to NW Ecuador (R Guayllabamba).