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Bucanetes
Bucanetes is a genus of passerine birds in the finch family. It contains two species: The genus name is from Ancient Greek Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ... ''bukanetes'', "trumpeter". References Bird genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Fringillidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trumpeter Finch
The trumpeter finch (''Bucanetes githagineus'') is a small passerine bird in the finch Family (biology), family Fringillidae. It is mainly a desert species which is found in North Africa and Spain through to southern Asia. It has occurred as a Vagrancy (biology), vagrant in areas north of its breeding range. Taxonomy The trumpeter finch was species description, formerly described in 1823 by the German naturalist Hinrich Lichtenstein under the binomial name ''Fringilla githaginea'' based on a specimen collected in Upper Egypt. The species is now placed together with Mongolian finch in the genus ''Bucanetes'' that was introduced in 1851 by Jean Cabanis. The genus name ''Bucanetes'' is from Ancient Greek βυκανητής : ''bukanētēs'' (variant transliteration of ''bykanētēs''), "trumpeter"; from βυκάνη : ''bukánē'' : "spiral trumpet, horn". The specific name ''githagineus'' is Latin from '' Githago'', the Agrostemma githago, corn cockle (from ''gith'', "coriander", a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
