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Brazill-Boast, J., Pryke, S. R. and Griffith, S. C. 2013. Provisioning habitat with custom-designed nest-boxes increases reproductive success in an endangered finch. Austral Ecology 38: 405–412.
Brazill-Boast, J., Pryke, S.R., Griffith, S.C. 2010. Nest-site utilisation and niche overlap in two sympatric, cavity-nesting finches. Emu 110: 170-177.
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Tidemann, S.C. McOrist, S., Woinarski, J.C.Z., Freeland, W.J. 1992. Parasitism of wild Gouldian Finches Erythrura gouldiae by the air sac mite Sternostoma tracheacolum. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 20: 80=84.
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Weier, A., Radford I.J., Oliveira, S.L., Lawes, M.J. 2016. Recently but infrequently burnt breeding sites are favoured by threatened Gouldian finches (Erythrura gouldiae). International Journal of Wildland Fire 25: 1281–1290.
Woinarski, J.C.Z., Tidemann, S. 1992. Survivorship and some population parameters for the endangered Gouldian Finch Erythrura gouldiae and two other finch species at two sites in tropical northern Australia. Emu 92: 33-38.
Australian Govt - Action Plan for Australian Birds 2000 - Recovery Outline
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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Gouldian Finch Chloebia gouldiae. Downloaded from
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Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
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