Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster Uraeginthus ianthinogaster

Purple Grenadier
Granatina ianthinogaster
(aka Uraeginthus ianthinogaster)

Yabello, Ethiopia
January 2016

The Purple Grenadier is distributed from South Sudan and Ethiopia south to Tanzania. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found in open woodland, bush and semi-arid areas up to 1,600 metres.

The male has a brown head with blue face marks and is deep violet from its breast to the vent and rump. the tail is black. The female is similar above but is pale brown below with white barring.

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