Mexico, in two disjunct populations separated by unsuitable habitat: in west, from south-eastern Sonora south to northern Michoacán and western México; in east, from south-western Tamaulipas south to Hidalgo.
 
Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).
Spotted Wren (Campylorhynchus) [XC233712]
by Elvis Herrera Rodr\u00edguez from Parque Estatal Cerro Punhuato, Mexico (call)
Spotted Wren (Campylorhynchus gularis) [XC265983]
by Andrew Spencer from Volcan Fuego, Jalisco, Mexico (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Sometimes treated as conspecific with Boucard's Wren (Campylorhynchus jocosus), but the two are quite distinct in appearance and probably occupy slightly different ecological niches. Considerable individual variation in some characters (e.g. degree of spotting on underparts), but differences appear insufficiently constant to warrant separation of distinct subspecies.