Tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae)

Neblina Tapaculo (Scytalopus altirostris) - HBW 8, p. 780

French: Mérulaxe à bec épais German: Neblinatapaculo Spanish: Churrín de Neblina

Taxonomy: Scytalopus magellanicus altirostris J. T. Zimmer, 1939, Atuén, Amazonas, Peru.
Formerly treated as a race of S. magellanicus. Apparently related to, and forming a superspecies with, two undescribed species from SC Peru (one at 3450-3650 m in Pasco, one at 3000-4000 m in Apurímac). Monotypic.

Distribution: C Andes of Peru from S Amazonas to Huánuco.