The Planalto tapaculo (Scytalopus pachecoi) is a small passerine bird in family Rhinocryptidae.

[5] The Planalto tapaculo is known from southern Brazil (several parts of Rio Grande do Sul and southeastern Santa Catarina) and extreme northeast Misiones Province of Argentina.

[3][5] The Planalto tapaculo forages for arthropods in the forest understory, primarily in thickets of terrestrial bromeliads and bamboo.

[5] The Planalto tapaculo's song contains a long series of notes starting at a rate of two or three per second and accelerating into a trill [1].

Though it has a fairly small and scattered distribution, it occurs in several protected areas and reaches its highest density in second growth and disturbed forest.