The rufous-vented tapaculo (Scytalopus femoralis) is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae.

The throat, breast, and belly are a paler gray; flanks and vent area are cinnamon with broad dark bars.

[4] The rufous-vented tapaculo is found in the central Andes of Peru from southern Amazonas south to Junín.

There it inhabits the undergrowth of both primary and secondary humid forest.

[4] No information has been published about the rufous-vented tapaculo's feeding or breeding phenologies.