Purple Grenadier (Granatina ianthinogaster) [XC294861]
by Frank Lambert from Borena, Oromia, Ethiopia (call, flight call)
Purple Grenadier (Granatina ianthinogaster) [XC364580]
by Peter Boesman from Nykaweri Forest, Narok County, Kenya (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.