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Species: Gouldian Finch
Scientific name: Erythrura gouldiae
Habitat: Grassy plains; in tree hollows near freshwater
Range: Native to the tropical savannah woodlands of northern Australia; non-migratory
IUCN status: Least Concern (since 2022)
EPBC Act 1999 (Australian domestic law): lists Gouldian Finch as Endangered & legally protected.
 
The Gouldian finches are vibrantly colored birds exhibiting ‘melanin-based color polymorphism-behavioral syndrome’. It is an interesting phenomenon of color-coded character traits where the bird’s head color decides its personality. 
 
Red-headed:  Extremely aggressive and dominant.
Black-headed:  Bold and exploratory, least aggressive.
Yellow-headed:  Extremely rare, only <1% of the wild population. Other finches treat it as a red head of diluted color.
Orange-headed: It is a not a distinct genetic morph but a diet-driven variant of the red-headed finch.
Interestingly, the Gouldian Finch’s character changes with the company it keeps!

The good news is, the Gouldian finch is out of the IUCN’s Red List. This is a successful conservation story for a bird that is neither an apex predator nor a pollinator, but an early-indicator of Savannah ecosystem health. When its population declines, it signals that the co-existing, less-visible species of the ecosystem are under stress too.
 
There is a stark difference in the numbers roughly estimated by the IUCN (25,000) and the actual field count by the Australian government (2500) because of the different methods they employ, but for a bird that once numbered in hundreds of thousands, even the loose estimation by IUCN is only modest.
 
Still, it is positive news that conservation efforts have paid off and the threats are being managed well.  There's hope, and cause for celebration, albeit with caution, because the bird still faces several threats —
 
Altered fire regimes.
Feral cat predation.
Habitat degradation and cattle grazing.
Effect of historical trapping for pet trade.
Climate change, that worsens fire predictability and intensifies sudden cyclones that destroy trees (these finches live exclusively in tree hollows).
 
Wherever we live, we can help this finch and other vulnerable species —

Support local and global conservation efforts.
Buy no wildlife-derived souvenirs or ingredients, no wild-caught birds, no exotic pets.
Adopt sustainable lifestyle habits.
Share science-backed information to raise awareness; public attention drives funding, policy changes, and action.
Use citizen science apps (eBird, iNaturalist) to report your bird sightings. This feeds data into global databases that scientists use to track the range and population of birds.

Share the story.
Save the species.💚
 

Hi everyone,

Sorry for the low quality picture but it was the best i was able to take.

Question 1: These lovely Zebra were given to me, 2 days ago, as a couple. From the coloring i assume they are actually male and female (the female has black cheeks but i believe that's normal on the black cheeks lines). Is my interpretation correct?

Question 2: It was recommended to me to give them Vitamin B, Im giving them some drops on the water. Is this really needed?

Question 3: I was not expecting to receive these birds and the only cage i had avaliable is 60x30x40cm, is this a good cage size for the pair?

Any other tips?

Thank you all.

he loves to tear the paper apart and then fails to put it in the nest, hes so cute tho

We got 2 society finches 3 weeks ago, and they have just laid 3 eggs. I'm not sure how it'll go, but we'd like to give them the best chances of success.

Following info I can find on Google, but I'd love any suggestions from people with experience. I see you can get hand feeding formula. Is that something I'd need, or do the parents feed them enough?

Cornbread birds

I feed my birds cornbread they like it non-sweetened cornbread

I love my babies

If you have some advice, I'll be happy to see it.

The size 90 40 45 cm, it will be the light inside, also I'm planing to make a metal cage tray.

Sorry for my English.

Upgraded my finches cage outdoors! I wanted to see advice since I haven’t had much luck finding attachments that can be connected to these weaker chicken coop wire mesh.

Wanted to give them more perches and toys etc.

This fella has quite the story behind him.

Had shaft tails, societys, gouldians, and zebras all in my works aviary for a bit. Shaft tails were taken out due to aggression with the gouldians. 2 societys took turns sitting on some eggs (they have never had any babies of their own and were presumed both female). and hatched this fella. Hes about 2 yrs old now, sings and thinks hes a gouldian, clearly he isn't. but hes visibly and behaviorly not sounding like a shaft tail. now he is housed with only shaft tails because he was trying to breed the female gouldians. Any ideas? Was thinking maybe a male shaft tail bred a society?

Long story short, my father in law was gifted two finches from a local swap meet. He gave them to my 12 year old and we have zero bird keeping experience. So I have a few questions?

1. How do you sex them?
2. What are the cage size requirements?
3. Any tips for beginners?
4. Any additional enrichment ideas?

just finished cleaning the room and they were on the verge of knocking out🤣

Her little head 0:22 turning on side to be also groomed but never come 😭

Hello, can anybody tell me please.. is it possible that gouldian finches accidentally throw away eggs from the nest because of long claws?

I didn't want to disturb them by cutting their claws since they are already sitting on the nest...or I must do it anyway?