The Mallee Emu-wren is a small bird with a very long, filament-like tail. It moves quickly through low vegetation, and the male has a blue face and breast.
Its tail feathers are very long and filament-like. The male has a blue face and breast, while the female is plainer.
It darts through spinifex and other low cover, dropping into dense vegetation when startled. It mainly eats insects but may also take seeds.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.