Le Roselin githagine en Espagne, un grand gagnant du réchauffement ?

The Trumpeter Finch (Bucanetes githagineus) is a small passerine bird. The summer male has a red bill, grey head and neck, and pale brown upper parts. The breast, rump and tail are pink, the latter having dark terminal feathers. Winter males, females and young birds are a very washed-out version of the breeding male. The song of this bird is a buzzing nasal trill that sounds like a blow in a tin trumpet, explaining its common name.Many birds are largely resident, but there is post-breeding dispersal. It breeds in stony semi-desert.
It breeds in the Canary Islands, across North Africa, Middle East and into central Asia. In 1971, the first case of breeding has been documented in South-eastern Spain, and now it breeds in the Almería, Granada, Murcia and Alicante provinces. A case was found in 2010 near Belchite (Aragon). The total number of pairs is difficult to know, but in 2006, 800 pairs were estimated in the Tabernas desert (Almería), the main breeding area in the country. It seems that it could be one of the « winners » of the global warming in Europe, even if it has to face several threats such as housing and agricultural developments.