Showing posts with label Erythrura gouldiae. Show all posts
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Friday, May 22, 2015

GOULDIAN FINCH

Photographed on road to Mornington, Kimberley, Western Australia, May 2015
610          GOULDIAN FINCH       Erythrura gouldiae

Australia      (453)

13-14 cm. Comes in Yellow-headed, Black-headed and Red-headed form. breeds in Savannah woodland on stony hills with eucalypts over dense, tall (2 m) native grasses. Range: from near Broome(WA), e. through Kimberley, to s. of L. Argyle; e. to Top End (NT), s. to. Victoria R. Downs; sparse along Gulf coast to s. Cape York Pen. (Q), e. and s. to c. Georgetown. Seasonally nomadic. Endangered.