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) [XC154137]
by from La Tirimbina Biological Station, La Virgen de Sarapiqui, Heredia, Costa Rica (song)
Northern Nightingale-Wren (Microcerculus philomela) [XC880178]
by Peter Boesman from RD-AV9, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Sometimes treated as conspecific with Southern Nightingale-wren (Microcerculus marginatus), but differs markedly in vocalizations.