This attractive, colorful waxbill is rather secretive, although reasonably common. This is an adult male. The extent of violet-blue on the underparts is variable. It is an East African endemic reaching the southern limit of its range in Tanzania. Most authors include it with the Cordonbleus in the genus Uraeginthus, but Clements 6th edition moved it to Granatina following HBW.
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