Editing Trumpeter finch (section)

==Behaviour==
Trumpeter finches breed from February to June in [[Monogamy in animals|monogamous]] pairs. The female builds a simple nest made of a loose collection of twigs, plat stems, down and fibres such as animal hair, grass fibres and sometimes feathers. It is placed in a shallow depression in the ground, in the shade of a rock, bush or a tussock of grass. It may also be situated as high as to {{convert|6|m|spell=in}} above ground in a pipe or wall. The clutch is normally 4–6 eggs.  They are mainly vegetarian and their diet consists of small seeds, shoots and buds of grasses and low ground-loving plants. They will eat some insects as well, mainly [[grasshopper]]s.  Trumpeter finches can be resident, dispersive or nomadic.<ref name = iucn/> They can occur in pairs or they form flocks of up to 20 individuals; larger flocks can form outside the breeding season, frequently made up of largely juvenile birds, rarely reaching 1,000 birds. In then Canary Islands they form mixed flocks with [[common linnet]]s and [[Spanish sparrow]]s. They will fly quite long distances in the late afternoons and in the evenings to find drinking water.<ref name=bow>{{cite web | last=Clement | first=P. | year=2020 | title=Trumpeter Finch (''Bucanetes githagineus''), version 1.0 | editor1-last=del Hoyo | editor1-first=J. | editor2-last=Elliott | editor2-first=A. | editor3-last=Sargatal | editor3-first=J. | editor4-last=Christie | editor4-first=D.A. | editor5-last=de Juana | editor5-first=E. | work=Birds of the World | location=Ithaca, NY, USA | publisher=Cornell Lab of Ornithology | url=https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.trufin2.01 | access-date=2 February 2025 | url-access=subscription }}</ref> The population in Spain is supported by birds dispersing from North Africa joining its population.<ref name = BIP/>