Granatina

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Granatina
Violet-eared waxbill, Uraeginthus granatinus, at Pilanesberg National Park, Northwest Province, South Africa (28037408514).jpg
Violet-eared waxbill (Granatina granatina)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Granatina
Sharpe, 1890
Type species
Fringilla granatina
violet-eared waxbill
Linnaeus, 1766

Granatina is a genus of small seed-eating birds in the family Estrildidae that are found in Africa.

Taxonomy[]

The genus was introduced in 1890 by the English ornithologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe with the type species (by tautonomy) as the violet-eared waxbill (Fringilla granatina Linnaeus, 1766).[1]

The two species now placed in this genus were formerly placed in Uraeginthus. The genus Granatina was resurrected based on a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2020 that found that these species were deeply divergent from the other species in Uraeginthus.[2][3]

Species[]

The genus contains the following two species:[3]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Violet-eared waxbill, Uraeginthus granatinus, at Pilanesberg National Park, Northwest Province, South Africa (28037408514).jpg Granatina granatina Violet-eared waxbill Southern Africa
Purple Grenadier male RWD3.jpg Granatina ianthinogaster Purple grenadier Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda

References[]

  1. ^ Sharpe, R. Bowdler (1890). Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Sturnformes. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Volume 13. London: Trustees of the British Museum. p. 403. |volume= has extra text (help)
  2. ^ Olsson, Urban; Alström, Per (2020). "A comprehensive phylogeny and taxonomic evaluation of the waxbills (Aves: Estrildidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 146: 106757. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106757.
  3. ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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