The Little Grassbird will move into temporary swamplands after rains in inland areas.
The Little Grassbird is a small, unobtrusive dark brown-grey bird. It has a grey-brown head with a pale eyebrow, chin and throat and the crown and cheeks are streaked dark grey. The upper body is brown-grey, streaked dark grey, the dark wing feathers are edged with white and the paler grey underbody is also streaked. Young birds are more uniform grey with finer streaking.
The related Tawny Grassbird, M. timoriensis, is similar, but the Little Grassbird is smaller, not as rufous, with a dark-streaked crown and streaked underparts. Another similar bird is the Striated Fieldwren or Calamanthus, Calamanthus (Sericornis) fulignosus, which differs in having more yellowish underparts, and a more distinctive white eyebrow.
The Little Grassbird is found across eastern Australia and Tasmania, inland to central Australia and in south-western Australia. It is also found in New Guinea.
The LIttle Grassbird is found in swamps and marshes, preferring thick reed beds, and will occur in temporary wetlands after rains.
Nomadic but no regular migration.
The Little Grassbird eats insects and other small arthropods, usually remaining in the dense cover of grasses and swamp vegetation.
The Little Grassbird builds a deep cup nest of reeds and coarse grasses, lined with feathers, hidden in thick reedy vegetation.
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