The Brasília tapaculo (Scytalopus novacapitalis) is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae.

The lower back and rump are reddish brown and the vent is rufous with gray barring.

[3] The Brasília tapaculo is found in disjunct areas in eastern Goiás, the Distrito Federal, and western Minas Gerais.

It inhabits gallery forest, primarily permanently flooded areas with Blechnum ferns and Euterpe palms.

[3] The only information on the Brasília tapaculo's breeding phenology is that a specimen collected in July had active gonads.