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) [XC548026]
by Tom Stevens from Catarata La paz, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (call, song)
Northern Nightingale-Wren (Microcerculus philomela) [XC411199]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Parc national Volcan Arenal, La Fortuna, San Carlos, Provincia de Alajuela, Costa Rica (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Sometimes treated as conspecific with Southern Nightingale-Wren (Microcerculus marginatus), but differs markedly in vocalizations.