Overview
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Common Names
Common Names in English:
Gould's Finch, Gouldian Finch, Lady Gouldian Finch
Description
Family Passeridae
A Family of small passerines with plum brown or grey bodies, short tails, and stubby, powerful beaks.
Habitat
Ecology: It lives in open, tropical
woodland with a grassy understorey, nesting exclusively in tree-hollows. In the non-breeding season
, it occurs in a wide variety of woodland habitats
. Throughout the year, it feeds
almost exclusively on grass
seed.[1]
List of Habitats:2.1Savanna - Dry
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
()
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
()
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Perching Birds
- Suborder:
Passeri
()
- Parvorder:
Passerida
()
- Superfamily:
Passeroidea
()
- Family:
Passeridae
()
- True Sparrows
- Subfamily:
Estrildinae
()
- Tribe:
Estrildini
()
- Genus:
Erythrura
()
- Reichenbach, 1862
- Specific name:
gouldiae
- (Gould, 1844)
- Scientific name: - Erythrura gouldiae
- Specific name:
gouldiae
- (Gould, 1844)
- Genus:
Erythrura
(
- Tribe:
Estrildini
(
- Subfamily:
Estrildinae
(
- Family:
Passeridae
(
- Superfamily:
Passeroidea
(
- Parvorder:
Passerida
(
- Suborder:
Passeri
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Erythrura
There are approximately 39 species in this genus:
E. coloria (Mount Katanglad Parrot Finch) · E. cyaneovirens (Red-Headed Parrot-Finch) · E. cyaneovirens cyaneovirens (Red-Headed Parrot-Finch) · E. cyaneovirens gaughrani · E. cyaneovirens pealii · E. forbesi · E. gouldiae (Lady Gouldian Finch) · E. gouliae · E. hyperythra (Tawny-Breasted Parrot-Finch) · E. hyperythra brunneiventris · E. hyperythra hyperythra (Tawny-Breasted Parrot-Finch) · E. hyperythra intermedia · E. hyperythra microrhyncha · E. hyperythra obscura · E. kleinschmidti (Pink-Billed Parrot Finch) · E. papuana (Papuan Parrot Finch) · E. pealii · E. prasina (Pin-Tailed Parrot-Finch) · E. prasina coelica · E. prasina prasina (Pin-Tailed Parrot-Finch) · E. prasina ssp · E. psittacea (Red-Throated Parrot-Finch) · E. regia (Royal Parrotfinch) · E. trichroa (Blue-Faced Parrot-Finch) · E. trichroa clara · E. trichroa cyanofrons · E. trichroa eichhorni · E. trichroa macgillivrayi · E. trichroa modesta · E. trichroa pelewensis · E. trichroa pinaiae · E. trichroa sigillifer · E. trichroa sigillifera · E. trichroa sigillitera · E. trichroa trichroa · E. trichroa woodfordi · E. tricolor (Three-Coloured Parrot Finch) · E. viridifacies (Green-Faced Parrot-Finch) · E. viridis
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Further Reading
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- BirdLife International 2006. Threatened Birds of the World 2006. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 04/05/2006.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Collar, N.J. and Andrew, P. 1988. Birds to Watch. The ICBP World Checklist of Threatened Birds. ICBP Technical Publication No. 8. Page Bros. (Norwich) Ltd, Norfolk, England.
- Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. and Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to Watch 2. The World List of Threatened Birds BirdLife International. Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, U.K.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 16, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 16, 2007:
- OZCAM
- Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 22884
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14772548
- IUCN ID: 40404
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1026123
Footnotes
- BirdLife International 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
