We are very grateful to all our donors for supporting our investments in research projects on wild Gouldians. Special thanks go to Laura Watkins …
Save the Gouldian Fund is a not-for-profit charity raising funds for the research and conservation of the
Gouldian Finch... a highly endangered Australian bird.
“During the 1990s it become very clear that the Gouldian Finch was
declining rapidly and by the early 2000s there were estimates that less than
2500 Gouldian Finches remained in the wild. Although once common throughout
northern tropical Australia, this brightly coloured Australian bird was
virtually extinct in Queensland and restricted to small and isolated
populations in the Northern Territory and the Kimberley in Western
Australia. These population estimates lead the Federal government to
declare the Gouldian as ENDANGERED in 2006. The declaration was renewed in
2016.
In contrast to the plight of this bird in the wild, the
Gouldian Finch’s amazing plumage and amusing antics make it one of the most
popular ornamental birds to be kept by aviculturists around the world.
The aim of the Fund is to promote research into
the Gouldian Finch and to provide conservation and management strategies to
protect and promote wild Gouldian Finches. Today we believe that Gouldian Finch numbers in our study area in the
East Kimberley are substantially higher than they were, due in part to STGF investments.
The Fund also continually provides up-to-date information for
bird breeders (from our current scientific research) to further enhance the
practice of aviculture and the well being of all captive Gouldians throughout
the world. Visit our news blog to receive details and updates on these
projects.”
Get behind us & help us help save this iconic Australian species.
We cannot continue our projects without your continued support. Please help us save the Gouldian.
To keep abreast of all the goings on at STGF, we have a huge library of blogs that have been written over the past ten years. Some great reads in there, so click through.
We have a number of interesting articles written by experts in their field or passionate supporters of the Gouldian. This beautiful endangered bird is a favourite among many.
Save The Gouldian Fund has two main facilities that we work from. The one is our wild base, situated in Wyndham in the eastern Kimberley of Western Australia (and in the middle of the largest known population of Gouldian Finches). The second base is our large captive facility, situated down south, and is used for much of our research into the behaviour, ecology and conservation of the Gouldian Finch.