Subspecies:

Scytalopus griseicollis morenoi Avendaño & Donegan, 2015:139

Zookeys 506:137-153, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.506.9553, 2 June 2015.

Paratype: IAvH-A-14948 (Fig. 8). Fledgling male. Colombia, Norte de Santander, Municipio de Herrán, Parque Nacional Natural Tama, Sector Orocué, Alto El Pesebre (7°24'11"N., 72°26'29"W., elevation 2800 m.). Original collectors Andrés M. Cuervo, Socorro Sierra and Fernando Forero. Original collector’s number Socorro Sierra SS- 1291/AMC-959. 3 September 2008.

Remarks: The collecting date of the specimen is wrongly published as 18 September 2008; it should read 3 September 2008. The specimen label includes information on weight: 16g; wingspan: 168 mm; gonad size; fat; skull ossification; soft tissue colors; molt; bursa: 6mm; and two tissue samples, one in 96% ethanol, the other in liquid nitrogen - LN2. One sample deposited at the Tissue Collection of the Humboldt Institute (IAvH-CT-11534). Captured in scrub of high Andean Forest in mist-net. In the original publication there is a photograph of the specimen in figure 2. Images URL: http://colecciones.humboldt.org.co/rec/imagenes/IAvH-A/IAvH-A-14948/ The holotype is an adult male, ICN-37538, collected by J.E. Avendaño (original number JEA-811), 2 August 2009 in the collection of the ICN. Type locality: Colombia, Santander, Municipio de Molagavita, Vereda Potrero de Rodríguez, Finca La Rinconada, La Pica (6°43'N., 72°47'W., elevation 2880 m.).