Violet-eared Waxbill

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Violet-eared Waxbill
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Uraeginthus
Species: U. granatinus
Binomial name
Uraeginthus granatinus
(Linnaeus, 1766)

The Violet-eared Waxbill or Common Grenadier (Uraeginthus granatinus) is a common species of estrildid finch found in drier land of Southern Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 2,300,000 km².

The phylogeny has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al.[2]

Habitat

It is found in subtropical/ tropical (lowland) dry shrubland and savanna habitats in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Uraeginthus granatinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013. 
  2. Arnaiz-Villena, A; Ruiz V, González C (1999). "Los Azulitos Africanos". Revista Pájaros 35. 


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