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Purple Grenadier Uraeginthus Ianthinogaster
Nairobi, Kenya

The Purple Grenadier Uraeginthus Ianthinogaster, found in subtropical and tropical dry shrubland in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, is a beautiful waxbill, closely related to the equally gorgeous Violet-eared Waxbill of southern Africa. Locally common in Kenya, it’s predominantly a bird of the highlands so is mostly absent from [...]

Cape Canary Serinus canicollis
Kirstenbosch and the Karoo. September 2006
 

Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens, September
 
 

(with Black-headed Canary in background)
 

Tanqua Karoo, September

 
Photographs copyright Charlie Moores
 

Black-headed Canary Crithagra/Serinus alario
Tankwa Karroo, South Africa

A locally common endemic to southern Africa the striking nominate form of the Black-headed Canary is found in a wide variety of habitats from scrub and upland grassland, gardens, and the arid open grasslands of the Karoo where this male was photographed. Outside the breeding season the species wanders [...]