The Black-throated Wren is a resident of lowlands and foothills in Costa Rica. Adults have a black face, throat, and chest, with chestnut-brown upperparts.
Adults have a black face, throat, and chest, a faint pale eyebrow, and uniform chestnut-brown upperparts. Juveniles are dull olive brown above and below.
It uses dense secondary vegetation along forest edges, clearings, and streams, and is generally seen in pairs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.