Zimmer's Tapaculo is a small ground-level bird of humid ravines and open woodland on the eastern Andes. A white throat and pale eyebrow stand out; it is usually alone or in pairs and is often heard before it is seen. This account is limited to southern Andean records in Bolivia and neighboring northwestern Argentina.
The species account identifies a white throat and pale eyebrow as useful marks. Southern Andean records describe a small, mainly gray bird that blends into the shaded forest floor.
It occupies humid wooded or rocky ravines, Polylepis woodland, and open Alnus or Podocarpus forest. It stays on the ground or in dense vegetation close to it, usually alone or in pairs, and is vocal in the austral spring and summer.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.