The following links contain articles with great information on all aspects of Lady Gouldian Finch husbandry, including housing, nutrition, breeding, health, and life cycle events such as the molt.  These articles also include a great body of information on all high metabolism birds including finches, waxbills, canaries, and soft bills.

 

Breeding Gouldian Finches  by Bill Van Patten and Mike Fidler

 

Lady Gouldian Finch Nutrition Made Easy  by Bill Van Patten

 

ABC News Video on Gouldian Finches

 

Winged Jewels  Australian Geographic Magazine

 

Smitten Brit Won't Give an Inch  The Sydney Morning Herald

 

Fidler on the Case  On the Wing

 

Gouldian Nutritional Study  Talking Birds Newspaper

 

Helping from Abroad  by Marcus Pollard and Bill Van Patten

 

Finch Diets  by Marcus Pollard

 

In a Bind Over Egg Binding?  by Mike Fidler

 

Fostering  by Mike Fidler

 

Some Lesser Known Aspects of Nutrition  by Mike Fidler

 

Establishing a New Mutation  by Mike Fidler

 

True Grit - To Feed or Not to Feed  by Roy Beckham

 

Fiery Redheads Rule the Roost!!  by Dr. Sarah Pryke

 

Published Research on the Gouldian Finch

by Pryke, Griffith, Astheimer & Buttemer