Gouldian Finch Male and Female Difference

Gouldian Finch Difference Between Male and Female

Chest Color: The male has purple colored  chest and the female has lilac colored chest.

Head Color: The male has brightly colored pure red or yellow head while female has dimly colored red or yellow head with some black specs.
Beak Color: The mature colored female has a dark beak. 

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Feeding And General Description of Little Lorikeet

Little Lorikeet

Lorikeets are not endangered and are found from northern Queensland to south-eastern Australia. There are reports from Tasmania, but these are not confirmed and seem to be doubtful.

Lorikeets are often difficult to detect as they keep to the top of the tree canopy. Little Lorikeets are the smallest of Lorikeets and weigh less than 50 gm.
FEED: They feed on pollen, nectar, blossom, fruit and berries.They do not eat seed.

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Swift Bird Information And Facts

Swift

Swifts are insect-eating birds adapted for catching insects in the air. Their bill is broad with a wide gape, and the legs are reduced since swifts rarely settle except at nest sites. Nest material is difficult to collect and is scanty. Swift's nest is frequently glued together and to the site with a copious salivary secretion which hardens. Their eggs are white and elongated. Young are fed directly with insects brought back by the parents in a pouch below the tongue.

Some important facts about Swifts:
LENGTH:                                              6 – 6.5"
WEIGHT:                                              1.3 –1.5 oz.
WINGSPAN:                                         16.5 –19".
BREEDING SEASON:                          Late April through                                                                                                      early August.
SEXUAL MATURITY:                         1–2 years, but may not
                                                               breed until 4 years old.
NUMBER OF EGGS:                            1–4; usually 2–3.
INCUBATION PERIOD:                      19–27 days  (usually 20).
BREEDING INTERVAL:                     Annual.                                
SWIFT'S LIFESPAN:                            Up to 21 years.

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Hummingbird Information

Hummingbird

Hummingbirds are related to the family Trochilidae. They are one of the smallest birds.Tiny birds with hovering flight taking nectar from flower and insects, on the wing.

Nest a minute cup on a raised site usually the upper surface of a plant stem or a twig.Made mainly of plant down and similar fine material,bound together and supported by spider's webs.Web may be wound round structure by hummingbird in flight At times sites are reused, several nests being built, one on the other, to produce an abnormally tall structure, Nest building Incubation and care of young by female alone.

Hummingbird laying and incubation may begin before nest-lining is complete.Eggs white,elongated and very large for the size of the bird.Incubation period is very long and variable.Young hatch with very little down.They have very short bills at first.Female inserts bill deep into mouth and throat of young and regurgitates food. Hummingbird's young may sit on the nest edge and exercise wings 2-3 days before leaving the nest.  

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