A secretive bird of the forest floor, the Brown scrub-robin is often found flicking through leaf litter in clearings in the ‘heart’ of the forest.
Extremely camouflaged, birders are usually only alerted to their presence as they fly away, giving a glimpse of their white-edged tail feathers.

Territorial, the beautiful territorial advertising call of the male should be listened for.

interestingly, they are often seen following burrowing moles & mole rats, taking advantage of any invertebrate prey revealed as the rodents burrow and push mounds of soil to the surface