Violet-eared Waxbill (Granatina granatina)

Other Scientific Names
Uraeginthus granatina [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Granatina granatina

Other Names (World)
Violet-eared Waxbill, Common Grenadier

Family
Estrildidae (Waxbills)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Southern Angola, south-western Zambia and Zimbabwe south to Namibia, Botswana, northern South Africa (south to northern Northern Cape, Free State and Mpumalanga) and southern Mozambique.

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
A dry, buzzy 'tzit'. A whistled 'tu-eoowee'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (10)...)

Violet-eared Waxbill (Granatina granatina) [XC415200]
by Tony Archer from Ventersdorp, Southern DC, North West, South Africa (song)

Violet-eared Waxbill (Granatina granatina) [XC662464]
by id from JB Marks Local Municipality (near Buffelsvallei), Southern DC, North West, South Africa (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

May form a superspecies with Purple Grenadier (Granatina ianthinogaster). Birds from near Okahandja, in central Namibia, described as subspecies siccata, and others from near Panda, in Inhambane district of Mozambique, as subspecies retusa, appear to differ little from those elsewhere in species' range.

References
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