Wildlife Gouldian finch: Australia's winged jewels …20 ha property in the shadow of a rainforest-clad NSW mountain – closer to children and grandchildren, and to the home of Gouldians. Australian yellow Gouldians – a threatened species…
News The return of the Gouldians “We were gobsmacked!” says Dr Ray Pierce, from the Queensland Gouldian Finch Study (QGFS), of his first encounter with a large flock of Queensland Gouldians. Ray, a conservation scientist, and…
News New Gouldian finches found in Kimberley THE RARE AND BEAUTIFUL Gouldian finch is hardly ever seen on the Dampier Peninsula in the western Kimberley, but indigenous rangers have now found a population of the birds breeding…
Fundraising Burdened by beauty …assume things are going well in terms of grassland management.” Related: Gouldian finch: Australia’s winged jewels Help save the Gouldian finch Please help save the Gouldian finch by donating to…
Wildlife Gallery: Gouldian Finch The exquisite Gouldian finch is one of the world’s most prized caged birds.They once gathered together in the many hundreds but now the biggest flocks, found in the NT and…
Destinations Top 10 bird watching spots in Australia …the blue-winged kookaburra and the endangered Gouldian finch. Look out for: red-backed kingfisher, blue-winged kookaburra, Gouldian finch and black-necked stork. 10. Gluepot Reserve, SA Sitella camp area at Gluepot Reserve,…
News Promiscuity pays for female finches …A new study of the Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae) has cracked the puzzle of why females cheat on their mates, when the costs of infidelity are so high. The answer,…
Destinations Mornington Wildlife Sanctuary: Held in reserve …of more than a dozen scientific research projects underway on Mornington by resident and visiting scientists, including investigations into the lives of rare Gouldian finches and purple-crowned fairy-wrens, and programs…
Birdwatching Safari – Top End, Northern Territory …private group you’ll explore all the major habitats of the Northern Territory’s Top End (Darwin, Kakadu National Park and Katherine) to seek specialty bird species including Gouldian finches, black-banded fruit…
News 29 threatened Aussie species are back from the brink. How? …fire and climate change. Some recoveries are enigmatic. Take the iconic Gouldian finch, now more common than it was 20 years ago. In some areas, better management of fire and…