Trumpeter swan was still capable of flight due to its bulk. The adult trumpeter swan is all white in plumage. Like mute swan cygnets, the cygnets of the trumpeter swan have light grey plumage and pinkish legs, and gain their white plumage after about a year. As with a whooper swan, this species has upright posture and generally swims with a straight neck. The trumpeter swan has a large, wedge-shaped black bill that can, in some cases, be minimally lined with salmon-pink coloration around the mouth. The bill, measuring , is up to twice the length of a Canada goose's ("Branta canadensis")
Trumpeter finch are four recognised subspecies: The genus name is from Ancient Greek "bukanetes", "trumpeter", and the specific "githagineus" is Latin from " Githago", the corn cockle (from "gith", "coriander", and "-ago" "resembling"). Temminck believed that the bird's name was derived from that of the plant. Trumpeter finch 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