The Gouldian Finch is about 130″140 mm long. Both sexes are brightly colored with black, green, yellow, red and other colors. The female Gouldian Finch tends to be less brightly colored. 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 types of finches, but now it is acknowledged 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 Lady Gouldian Finch habitat is tropical savannah woodlands. The Gouldian Finch is nomadic within a comparatively small area approx 40 sq KM and only move when water or food grows scarce.

The Gouldian Finch is declining in numbers rapid through the last 100 years with no mare than 2,500 adult birds 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.