[7][6] It has a dark reddish-brown eye in a pale buff face, with a longish, black bill inclined slightly upwards.

[8] The large-billed scrubwren is found from near Cooktown in northern Queensland to Kinglake and the Dandenong Ranges, near Melbourne, Victoria.

[8][6] It constructs a rough, domed nest of bark, grass and moss, lined with feathers and set in creepers, tree-ferns or palm-fronds.

[8] It is insectivorous, gleaning various arthropods, including spiders, ants, wasps, beetles, and lepidopteran larvae, from the bark of tree-trunks and branches, and amongst debris suspended in vines and epiphytes.

[8][7] The large-billed scrubwren has a wide distribution and a stable population, and is classified as of least concern on the IUCN Red List.