Waxbills (Estrildidae)

Violet-eared Waxbill (Granatina granatina) - HBW 15, p. 328

French: Cordonbleu grenadin German: Granatastrild Spanish: Granadero Meridional
Other common names: Common Grenadier

Taxonomy: Fringilla granatina Linnaeus, 1766, Brazil; error = Angola.
Genus sometimes subsumed in Uraeginthus. May form a superspecies with G. ianthinogaster. Birds from near Okahandja, in C Namibia, described as race siccata, and others from near Panda, in Inhambane district of Mozambique, as race retusa, appear to differ little from those elsewhere in species' range. Treated as monotypic.

Distribution: S Angola, SW Zambia and Zimbabwe S to Namibia, Botswana, N South Africa (S to N Northern Cape, Free State and Mpumalanga) and S Mozambique.