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) [XC274620]
by Peter Boesman from La Selva biological station, Heredia, Costa Rica (song)
Stripe-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus thoracicus) [XC411198]
by Alain Malengreau from Parc national Volcan Arenal, La Fortuna, San Carlos, Provincia de Alajuela, Costa Rica (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Sometimes treated as conspecific with Stripe-throated Wren (Cantorchilus leucopogon), but differs significantly in both song and plumage.