This wren is recorded in the northern lowlands of Costa Rica south of Lake Nicaragua. Adults have many black spots on the breast and belly.
Adults have a chestnut crown and nape, rich brown upperparts, and a paler tail with many black bars. The underparts are white with abundant black spots.
It uses riverside thickets, secondary growth, cocoa and dense citrus plantations, cane fields, and forest margins. Pairs are usual.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.