Locate this species in brushy areas, dense thickets, and scrubby habitats; it also frequents riparian woodlands.

 

Upperparts are brown or grayish-brown; note dull white underparts and distinctive eyebrow. Tail, long and edged with white spots, may be cocked upward (like a wren) but may also be swished and swayed back and forth in an elaborate non-wren-like fashion.

 

Uses moss, twigs, and leaves to build its nest, which it places in natural cavities or other sheltered crevices. Feeds mostly on insects.