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I know its a male cos of the singing, well my first worry is his tail was like that in the picture from when i got him and second problem is his beak been turning black lately. thanks all help is appreciated.

He is in breeding condition that's why his beak is turning to black!!

Finchman1 wrote:He is in breeding condition that's why his beak is turning to black!!

But my impression was that the beak of a male will turn bright red when he is in breeding condition? Not black?

I'm sorry I can't be of much help. I can't explain why your singing male has a beak that is turning black. I thought only females showed this kind of behavior. How old is this bird? Could your Gouldian possibly be a singing female? Good luck.

my males beaks were as red as a cherry. As far as I know, only hens will have black beaks

Some hens can twitter but it is not like the song of the male .
That bird looks like a male but the beak looks like a hens..
Maybe a picture of the belly and a clearer picture of the neck collar would help

I had a couple males get dark beaks like this - it seems to be a genetic thing, because the males that had the darker beaks were full brothers, and it did seem to be in correlation to coming into breeding condition.

thanks tiffany, finally someone that shared same experience.