Trumpeter swan Hoopers; are the least." Early efforts to reintroduce this bird into other parts of its original range, and to introduce it elsewhere, have had modest success, as suitable habitats have dwindled and the released birds do not undertake migrations. More recently, the population in all three major population regions have shown sustained growth over the past thirty-year period. Data from the US Fish and Wildlife Service show 400% growth in that period, with signs of increasing growth rates over time. One impediment to the growth of the trumpeter swan population around the Great Lakes is the presence of a growing
Silver-throated bushtit "Mecistura glaucogularis". He specified the type locality as Shanghai. As Gould's work appeared in print in 1855 before the publication of the proceedings of the Zoological Society, under the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature Gould's publication has priority. The name "glaucogularis" combines the Latin "glaucus" "glaucous" and the New Latin "gularis" "throated". The silver-throated bushtit was formerly considered a subspecies of the long-tailed tit ("Aegithalos caudatus") but the plumage is distinctive and there are significant genetic differences. Two subspecies are recognised: Silver-throated bushtit The silver-throated bushtit or silver-throated tit ("Aegithalos glaucogularis") is a species of bird in