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 LC    Common Grenadier* Id (Atlas):
    Granatina granatina

Description (10)
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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.
 
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) [XC642247]
     by Tony Archer from City of Matlosana (near Hartbeesfontein), Southern DC, North West, South Africa (call)

 
Violet-eared Waxbill (Granatina granatina) [XC292033]
     by Frank Lambert from Polokwane Game Reserve, Polokwane, Limpopo, South Africa (call)

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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Files:
JPG files for Common Grenadier (Granatina granatina) - 10 files


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