See text The chestnut-crowned gnateater (Conopophaga castaneiceps) is a species of bird in the family Conopophagidae.

The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) and the Clements taxonomy place it differently within the gnateater family.

[3][4] Four subspecies are recognized, though birds on the western slope of Colombia's Central Andes might be an unnamed taxon:[5] The chestnut-crowned gnateater is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long.

The male of the nominate subspecies has brown upper parts; a gray face, throat, and chest; and orange-brown flanks and vent area.

C. c. chocoensis is similar to brunneinucha but is smaller, has less gray, has a more olive tinge to the back, and more orange-red on the crown.

C. c. chapmani is found on the east slope of the Andes from southern Ecuador to the Department of San Martín in northern Peru.