Small, pale, streaked bird with darker face and long cocked tail, found in canegrass clumps on the crests of large sand dunes in the Simpson and Strzelecki Deserts. More finch-like bill than other grasswrens. Upperparts pale brown with faint white streaks, with darker face and pale unstreaked underparts, the adult female showing a small rusty flank patch. Usually seen scurrying around canegrass clumps.