Usually in groups and very rarely seen singly. Prefers bare ground or mudflats, but also occurs in short, grazed pastures. HOWR Drab, plain brown wren with faint eyebrow. Tail often cocked. Found in thickets and brushy patches.
Call is a harsh, thick, buzzy scold-note.
Appears fairly dark above with buffy-brown flanks. Prefers moist grasslands. AMPI Note long black tail with white outer tail feathers. Upperparts uniformly grayish-brown with no distinguishing streaks, marks or wing bars. Often pumps tail if perched.