Green Back Gouldian – Erythrura Gouldiae

Identifications:

Adult males with a black head have a very distinctive multicolored pattern. They have a black head, chin and throat. Adult males with a red head have a bright red forehead, crown and face, bordered with black. Adult males with a yellow-head have a golden-yellow or orange forehead, crown and face, bordered with black.

The song is a high-pitched, almost inaudible continuous series of whispering, hissing or whining notes and low clicking sounds.

A single ‘sit’ or ‘ssitt’ is the usual contact call, often given as a short series of notes, occasionally uttered as a drawn-out ‘sree’ or ‘sreet’.