Purple Grenadier
Granatina ianthinogaster(Reichenow, A, 1879)
English (US) Purple Grenadier
The Purple Grenadier (Granatina ianthinogaster) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Estrildidae (Munias, Parrotfinches, Waxbills, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: southeastern South Sudan, southern Ethiopia, Somalia, northeastern Uganda, Kenya, and TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Granatina ianthinogaster
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Purple Grenadier
- Described by
- (Reichenow, A, 1879)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Uraeginthus ianthinogaster
- Described by
- (Reichenow, A, 1879)
- Type locality
- Massa [on lower Tana River] , East Africa.
- Original description
- Ornithologisches Centralblatt 4 p.114
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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