Bucanetes

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

Genus Bucanetes – Cabanis, 1851 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Trumpeter finch	Bucanetes githagineus (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) Four subspecies B. g. amantum - (Hartert, 1903) B. g. zedlitzi - (Neumann, 1907) B. g. githagineus (Lichtenstein, MHK, 1823) B. g. crassirostris (Blyth, 1847)	Canary Islands, across north Africa, and in the Middle East and into central Asia	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Mongolian finch	Bucanetes mongolicus (Swinhoe, 1870)	Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Pakistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, India, Nepal, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

Bucanetes
Trumpeter finch, Bucanetes githagineus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Fringillidae
Subfamily:	Carduelinae
Genus:	Bucanetes Cabanis, 1851
Species
See text

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