Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua.
Lowlands of southern Mexico (northern Chiapas), north-central Guatemala, southern Belize, and Caribbean lowlands of Honduras, Nicaragua and northern Costa Rica (south to R Reventazón).
 
Population
Estimated population is 20,000 - 49,999 (2010).
Northern Nightingale-Wren (Microcerculus philomela) [XC313386]
by Alfonso Auerbach from Eligio Panti National Park, Cayo, Belize (song)
Northern Nightingale-Wren (Microcerculus philomela) [XC180265]
by Marcelo Araya-Salas from Parque Nacional Sierra de Agalta, sector Talgua-La Florida, Honduras (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Sometimes treated as conspecific with Southern Nightingale-wren (Microcerculus marginatus), but differs markedly in vocalizations.