Purple Grenadier (Granatina ianthinogaster)

Other Names (World)
Purple Grenadier, Purple Waxbill, Purple-bellied Waxbill

Family
Estrildidae (Waxbills)

Size
13 - 14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Reichenow, 1879)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland.

Range (Guide)

Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.

Southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, north-eastern Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Various buzzing and trilling notes. A high-pitched, rattling alarm call.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (19)...)

Purple Grenadier (Granatina ianthinogaster) [XC234943]
by Guido O. Keijl from Buffalo Springs and Samburu Reserves, Isiolo, Kenya (song)

Purple Grenadier (Granatina ianthinogaster) [XC432646]
by Lars Lachmann from kwakilusu,oloitoktok, Kenya (call, feeding call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

May form a superspecies with Violet-eared Waxbill (Granatina granatina). Birds from Kisumu, in Kenya, described as subspecies rothschildi, others from southern R Guaso Nyiro, in Sotik district of Kenya, as subspecies roosevelti, and birds from Bari, on R Shebelle, in Somalia, as subspecies hawkeri, but none appears to exhibit any constant differences from those elsewhere in species' range.

References
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