Caribbean slope from south-eastern Honduras and north-eastern Nicaragua (Bonanza) south to western Panama (Bocas del Toro east to Coclé, rarely to Canal Zone).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Stripe-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus thoracicus) [XC75096]
by Mike Nelson from Arenal Observatory Lodge, Fortuna, Costa Rica, Costa Rica (song, song in part)
Stripe-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus thoracicus) [XC441931]
by Brendan Sloan from La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Sometimes treated as conspecific with Stripe-throated Wren (Cantorchilus leucopogon), but differs significantly in both song and plumage.