Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Siskins, Crossbills and Allies :: Trumpeter Finch

Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githaginea

Described by: Lichtenstein (1823)
Alternate common name(s): Common Trumpeter-finch
Old scientific name(s): Rhodopechys githaginea

Photographs

Morocco - Jan, 1994 © Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi  Tunisia - Dec, 1998 © Jean-Philippe Paris  Ile dOuessant, Finistère, Bretagne, France - May 9, 2005 © Aurélien Audevard 
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Range

(1) Canary Is.
(2) Mediterranean Basin (se. Spain) and n. Africa (s. Morocco, c. Tunisia (Bouhedma National Park), Mauritania, Mali, Nigeria, and Chad).
(3) S. Egypt and n. Sudan.
(4) Isreal s. to c. Arabia and Bahrain through Middle East to Iran. Transcaspia e. to Tadzikistan and n. to e. Kazakhstan to sw. Siberia and n. Pakistan.
Winters in nw. India.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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