The orange-billed hybrids occur in a small region to the west of Katherine in the Northern Territory. Today, most long-tailed finches in Australia have bright red bills. The red hue comes from ...

including many hundreds – possibly thousands – of individual birds, were common across northern Australia’s savannah grasslands in the late 1800s, before pastoralism and collecting the species began ...

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Once found right across northern Australia, the most recent count of the endangered finch estimated there were fewer than 2,500 left in the wild. No stranger to the spotlight, the finch has not ...

Gouldian finches inhabit the edges of mangrove forests, thickets and savannas in northern Australia, where they feed on grass seeds and insects. These highly sociable birds usually gather around ...

Tucked away in the grasslands of northern Australia lives one of nature’s most strikingly colourful birds – the Gouldian finch. Known for their vivid plumage and charming personalities ...

Using weather radar to track Australia's migrating birds Date: October 28, 2024 Source: University of Queensland Summary: Scientists have used data from weather radar not to track storms, but to ...