Out of the thousands of bird species worldwide, the finch is just one of them, and its subspecies are found across the globe. In North America alone, there are 17 subspecies of finch, including the ...

Records suggest large flocks of Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae) including many hundreds – possibly thousands – of individual birds, were common across northern Australia’s savannah grasslands in ...

Tucked away in the grasslands of northern Australia lives one of nature’s most strikingly colourful birds – the Gouldian finch. Known for their vivid plumage and charming personalities, these birds ...

The bird, named Jester, was hand-reared after its parents tossed it from the nest A Gouldian finch tossed from its nest by its parents is thriving after being hand-reared by staff and students at ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers studying the behaviour of the stunningly coloured Gouldian finch have made an exciting discovery - females of the species deliberately overproduce sons when breeding with ...

The rainbow-coloured Gouldian finch was once found across northern Australia but it is now thought there are fewer than 2,500 birds left in the wild. A dire wet season in 2018-19 has had a serious ...

There appears to be an underlying selection mechanism at work among Gouldian finches -- a mechanism that allows this species to produce and maintain individuals with red heads, black heads, and yellow ...

It’s said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but that’s only half-true for the Gouldian finch. Jennifer Templeton from Knox College, Illinois has found that these beautiful birds only display ...