Violet-eared waxbill
Appearance
Violet-eared waxbill | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Estrildidae |
Genus: | Uraeginthus |
Species: | U. granatinus
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Binomial name | |
Uraeginthus granatinus (Linnaeus, 1766)
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Synonyms | |
Fringilla granatina 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
- ^ Template:IUCN
- ^ Arnaiz-Villena, A.; Ruiz V.; González C. (1999). "Los Azulitos Africanos" (PDF). Revista Pájaros. 35.
External links
- Violet-eared waxbill - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.