Biology: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
Domain: Eukaryota
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. 13. London: Trustees of the British Museum. p. 403. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8328345. 
  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. 3.0 3.1 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. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/waxbills/. Retrieved 13 July 2021. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1027912 entry