![]() ![]() There are estimates that fewer than about 2,500 adult Gouldian finches are in the wild. While bred heavily in captivity, wild Gouldian finches are considered to be near-threatened by the IUCN Red List.They are currently most numerous in the Northern Territory and Western Australia’s Kimberley region. Gouldian finches are native to northern Australia.Elizabeth Gould was a talented zoological artist and created many beautiful illustrations of bird specimens for her husband’s books. John Gould named the Gouldian finch in 1841 – the year his wife, Elizabeth Gould, died.But Gould actually named the Gouldian finch after his late wife Elizabeth to honour her substantial – and historically overlooked – contributions to his work. The Gouldian finch is mostly associated with famed British ornithologist John Gould. ![]() In terms of common name, the colourful Gouldian finch is sometimes referred to as the rainbow finch, Gould’s finch or the Lady Gouldian finch.But there are other scientists who think that Gouldian finches should be in the genus Erythrura along with different species of parrot-finches.Genus is the rank above species in taxonomy or biological classification. There are some scientists who place Gouldian finches as the only species in the genus Chloebia because of the number of differences between Gouldian finches and other finches.Depending on the source, it is either Chloebia gouldiae or Erythrura gouldiae. There is some debate among experts over the scientific name for the Gouldian finch.If you missed any of our tweets, here is a summary for your reference. We hope you were following us all month long on Twitter as we tweeted about these colourful characters. But now that the month is drawing to a close, we must say good-bye to the Gouldian finch. Our Animal of the Month for October was very much a kaleidoscope of colour.
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