In as little as 6 weeks a finch will grow around 80% new feathers.

Origin and phylogeny has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al..

For the Gouldian Finch, and many other Australian Finches, the availability of food in their natural environment varies and changes throughout the year.

The Right Nutrition at the Right Time For the Gouldian Finch, and many other Australian Finches, the availability of food in their natural environment varies and changes throughout the year.

Because the Gouldian finch is a tropical bird, I have designed both my bird room and aviary in a way that gives me greater control over the temperature regulation.

The wild finch already has an advantage over our captive bird, for their bio-rhythms harmonise naturally with the changes in food availability at different stages of the seasons.

Research and studies completed by observing the gouldian finch in its natural environment have taught us that sorghum grass seeds are the main part of their stable diet.

At the end of the day having an expense free bird room or aviary set up is a much more preferable choice than that of cheap bargain seed lacking in the type of nutritional quality your gouldian finch needs.

We didn't expect we'd locate the exact genomic region that governs plumage differences in both the Gouldian Finch and the two warblers," says Toews.

The arrival of the wet season in the wild starts to bring about a change in availability of foods which creates a more abundant and varied diet for the Gouldian finch.

The gouldian finch is a species of small passerines considered endangered by Australia, there would be less than 2.500 of these birds free, although the species is widely used as an ornamental bird.