Tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae)

Diademed Tapaculo (Scytalopus schulenbergi) - HBW 8, p. 781

French: Mérulaxe à diadème German: Diademtapaculo Spanish: Churrín Diademado

Taxonomy: Scytalopus schulenbergi Whitney, 1994, 4 km west of Chuspipata, 3215 m, Nor Yungas, La Paz, Bolivia.
Probably closest to S. simonsi and to unnamed species from SC Peru (Apurímac); also related to S. urubambae. Purported relationship with S. argentifrons seems unlikely. Monotypic.

Distribution: SE Peru (Vilcanota Mts, in Cuzco) E to C Bolivia (Yungas of Cochabamba).