Records suggest large flocks of Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae) including many hundreds – possibly thousands – of individual birds, were common across northern Australia’s savannah grasslands in ...

One of the world’s most beautiful birds has been recently recorded in flocks of up to 200 in tropical north Queensland, where previously only a few individuals had been reported since last century.

Behind Darwin's sweeping Lee Point beach is a patch of diverse bushland where Ian Redmond has his binoculars out, scanning the long native grasses for Gouldian finches. Birdwatchers are calling on the ...

Darwin residents say the federal government's efforts to protect the endangered Gouldian finch from major urban development at Lee Point are "tokenistic" and "useless". Tanya Plibersek acknowledges ...

Environment minister says redesign would ‘avoid most adverse impacts’ on Gouldian finch, while critics point to Australia’s ‘terrible record on extinctions’ The environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, ...

Binybara, also known as Lee Point, is sacred. Traditional owners, bird watchers, ecologists, activists and lawyers were standing shoulder to shoulder as bulldozers neared The Gouldian finch is a ...

More than 40 years ago, Mike Fidler was walking down a bleak street in Manchester when, through a pet shop window, he saw birds so colourful they looked as though they had rolled in a rainbow. Mr ...