The ash-colored tapaculo (Myornis senilis) is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae.

There are some differences in measurements and the darkness of the plumage between populations on either side of the Andes.

[3] The ash-colored tapaculo is found in all three Andean ranges in Colombia and south through Ecuador to Peru's departments of Huánuco and Pasco.

It is a bird of high elevations, inhabiting humid montane forests mostly between 2,300 and 3,700 m (7,500 and 12,100 ft).

It occupies a large range and the population appears to be stable though its number is not known.