Purple Grenadier

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Purple Grenadier
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Uraeginthus
Species: U. ianthinogaster
Binomial name
Uraeginthus ianthinogaster
Reichenow, 1879

The Purple Grenadier Uraeginthus ianthinogaster is a common species of estrildid finch found in Eastern Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,500,000 kmĀ².

It is found in subtropical/ tropical (lowland) dry shrubland habitat in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

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