MacLeod, personal communication) in a small, isolated mountain range (Cerros del Sira) in Huánuco department (Herzog and Kessler 1998; MacLeod et al. 2006; BirdLife International 2011d; Gastañaga Corvacho et al. 2011). Gastañaga Corvacho et al. (2011) presented evidence for elevating both subspecies to species rank, which is followed here.