Common Grenadier

Common Grenadier
Common Grenadier
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Uraeginthus
Species: U. granatinus
Binomial name
Uraeginthus granatinus
(Linnaeus, 1766)

The Common Grenadier or Violet-eared Waxbill 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.

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.

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