Granatina Explained

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]

Notes and References

1. Book: Sharpe . R. Bowdler . Richard Bowdler Sharpe . 1890 . Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Sturnformes . 13 . Trustees of the British Museum . London . 403 . Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum .
2. Olsson . Urban . Alström . Per . Alström . 2020 . A comprehensive phylogeny and taxonomic evaluation of the waxbills (Aves: Estrildidae) . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 146 . 106757 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106757. free . 32028027 . 2020MolPE.14606757O .
3. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela Rasmussen . July 2021 . Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits . IOC World Bird List Version 11.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 13 July 2021 .