Identifications:

The blue back lady gouldian has a salmon or black mask with a black outline followed by a blue border, blue back, an off-white abdomen, black and blue tail, and a purple breast.

The song is a high-pitched, almost inaudible continuous series of whispering, hissing or whining notes and low clicking sounds.

A single ‘sit’ or ‘ssitt’ is the usual contact call, often given as a short series of notes, occasionally uttered as a drawn-out ‘sree’ or ‘sreet’.