The Ayacucho antpitta (Grallaria ayacuchensis) is a species of bird in the family Grallaridae.

A pair of studies published in 2020 showed that it is a separate species, and it was formally described by Peter A. Hosner, Mark B. Robbins, Morton L. Isler and R. Terry Chesser.

Adults have dark reddish yellow-brown crown, nape, ear coverts, upperparts, tail, and wings.

Their lores, eye area, throat, breast, upper belly, sides, and upper flanks are yellowish-red brown, their lower flanks somewhat darker, their lower belly light buff with sometimes some pale gray mottling, and their undertail coverts pinkish white.

They have a dark brown iris, a black bill, and dusky gray legs and feet.

Its "trilled long song" is "a fast series of short, clear, slightly downslurred ringing notes at ca.

[11] "The primary threat, at least in the short term, to Ayacucho Antpitta, is habitat destruction primarily through clearing for crops and grazing.