Bucanetes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Parvordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Passeroidea
Familia: Fringillidae
Genus: Bucanetes
Species: B. githagineus - B. mongolicus

Name

Bucanetes Lichtenstein, 1823

Vernacular name

Bucanetes is a genus of passerine birds in the finch family. It contains two species:[1]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Bucanetes githagineus	Trumpeter finch	Canary Islands, across north Africa, and in the Middle East and into central Asia
	Bucanetes mongolicus	Mongolian finch	Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Pakistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, India, Nepal, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan

The genus name is from Ancient Greek bukanetes, "trumpeter".[2]
References

Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Finches, euphonias". World Bird List Version 5.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London, United Kingdom: Christopher Helm. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.