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Bucanetes githagineus (Trumpeter Finch)

Synonyms: Fringilla githaginea (homotypic); Rhodopechys githaginea; Rhodopechys githaginea githaginea

Wikipedia Abstract

The trumpeter finch (Bucanetes githagineus) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. This bird breeds in the Canary Islands, across north Africa, and in the Middle East and into central Asia. There is a small European population in southern Spain. Many birds are largely resident, but there is post-breeding dispersal, and some Asian breeders migrate into Pakistan for the winter. In the summer of 2005 there was a notable eruption of this species into northwestern Europe, with several birds reaching as far as England. There are four recognised subspecies:
View Wikipedia Record: Bucanetes githagineus

Infraspecies

Bucanetes githagineus amantum
Bucanetes githagineus crassirostris
Bucanetes githagineus githagineus
Bucanetes githagineus zedlitzi

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
25
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 10.1579
EDGE Score: 2.41214
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  18.5 grams
Birth Weight [1]  2.04 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  10 %
Diet - Plants [2]  50 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  30 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Clutch Size [4]  5
Fledging [1]  14 days
Incubation [3]  13 days

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Prey / Diet

Nicotiana glauca (tree tobacco)[5]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Storchová, Lenka; Hořák, David (2018), Data from: Life-history characteristics of European birds, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.n6k3n
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Temperature but not rainfall influences timing of breeding in a desert bird, the trumpeter finch (Bucanetes githagineus), R. Barrientos, A. Barbosa, F. Valera, E. Moreno, J Ornithol (2007) 148:411–416
♦ 4Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0