Gouldian Finches are nearly 130″140 mm long. Both sexes are brightly colored with black, green, yellow, red and other colors. The female Gouldian Finch has a dull color compared to the male. One leading difference between the sexes is that the male’s chest is purple, while the female’s is a lighter mauve color.

Gouldian Finches’ heads may be red, black, or yellow. People used to think they were 3 different species of finches, but now it is recognized that they are color variants that exist in the wild. Selective breeding has also produced mutations (blue, yellow and silver instead of green back) in body color and breast color.

The Gouldian Finch can be found from Austrailia’s Northern Territory to the Kimberly region and also on the Cape York Peninsula. The Gouldian Finch habitat is tropical savannah woodlands. Their nomadic within a comparatively tiny region approx 40 sq KM and only move when water or food becomes scarce.

Their declining in numbers rapid through the last 100 years with no mare than two thousand five hundred matured animals found in thier natural habitat landing them on the endangered species list. Current efforts are underway to help bring back natural wild populations in remote parts of Australia. However, efforts to re-introduce the Lady Gouldian Finch in the wild have been unsucessfull to this point.

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