Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The Pale-throated Tapaculo is classified as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
* Pale-throated Tapaculo / Tacarcuna Tapaculo, Scytalopus panamensis * Choco Tapaculo, Scytalopus chocoensis * Silvery-fronted Tapaculo, Scytalopus argentifrons * Upper Magdalena Tapaculo, Scytalopus rodriguezi * Stiles's Tapaculo, Scytalopus stilesi * Ecuadorian Tapaculo / El Oro Tapaculo, Scytalopus robbinsi * Narino Tapaculo, Scytalopus vicinior * Brown-rumped Tapaculo, Scytalopus latebricola * Merida Tapaculo, Scytalopus meridanus * More
Pale-throated Tapaculo, Scytalopus panamensis Narino Tapaculo, Scytalopus vicinior Silvery-fronted Tapaculo, Scytalopus argentifrons Brown-rumped Tapaculo, Scytalopus latebricola Merida Tapaculo, Scytalopus meridanus Colombian Tapaculo, Scytalopus infasciatus Caracas Tapaculo, Scytalopus caracae More
Page 310, Pale-throated Tapaculo Scytalopus panamensis Clements retains the English name Pale-throated Tapaculo, which also is the name adopted by SACC; NACC uses the name Tacarcuna Tapaculo. Page 311, Crescent-chests (Melanopareia) In accord with SACC, the crescentchests are removed from the Rhinocryptidae and are placed in their own family, Melanopareiidae. In addition, in accord with SACC, remove the hyphen from the English name “crescentchest.” Page 311, Marañón Crescent-chest Melanopareia maranonica Change the English name to Maranon Crescentchest. More