Yellow Back Gouldian – Erythrura Gouldiae

Identifications:

The yellow back gouldian has a red, yellow, or off-white mask, off-white outline around the mask, yellow back, off-white tail, purple breast and a yellow abdomen.

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’.