Forms a superspecies with House Wren (Troglodytes aedon), Brown-throated Wren (Troglodytes brunneicollis), Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus), Clarion Wren (Troglodytes tanneri) and Cobb's Wren (Troglodytes cobbi), and all often treated as conspecific. This species possibly closest to Lesser Antilles subspecies ("martinicensis group") of Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus).
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of House Wren (Troglodytes aedon).