Trumpeter swan Trumpeter swan The trumpeter swan ("Cygnus buccinator") is a species of swan found in North America. The heaviest living bird native to North America, it is also the largest extant species of waterfowl with a wingspan that may exceed . It is the American counterpart and a close relative of the whooper swan ("Cygnus cygnus") of Eurasia, and even has been considered the same species by some authorities. By 1933, fewer than 70 wild trumpeters were known to exist, and extinction seemed imminent, until aerial surveys discovered a Pacific population of several thousand trumpeters around Alaska's Copper River. Careful reintroductions
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