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title: "Purple Grenadier"
description: "Granatina ianthinogaster — Ptaki. The purple grenadier (Granatina ianthinogaster) is a common species of estrildid finch found in eastern Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/purple-grenadier
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Purple Grenadier

> Granatina ianthinogaster — Ptaki. The purple grenadier (Granatina ianthinogaster) is a common species of estrildid finch found in eastern Africa.

- Scientific name: *Granatina ianthinogaster*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Sawanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 884
- Wikidata: [Q28920189](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28920189)
- iNaturalist taxon: [145337](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145337)

## Names

- en: Purple Grenadier
- de: Veilchenastrild
- es: Granadero Oriental
- fr: Cordonbleu violacé

## Countries with the most observations

KE (526), TZ (295), ET (18), SO (5)

## Summary

The purple grenadier (Granatina ianthinogaster) is a common species of estrildid finch found in eastern Africa.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_grenadier

## Photo

![Purple Grenadier](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/purple-grenadier/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68223227

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/purple-grenadier?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).