The Santa Marta tapaculo (Scytalopus sanctaemartae) is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae.

It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of Colombia.

The female's upper parts have a brown wash and is paler than the male below.

There it inhabits the dense undergrowth of humid montane forest at elevations between 900 and 1,700 m (3,000 and 5,600 ft).

Though it has a relatively restricted range and the population number has not been determined, both are believed to be large enough to warrant that rating.