The violet-eared waxbill or common grenadier (Granatina granatina) is a common species of estrildid finch found in drier land of Southern Africa.

In terms of accommodation, you can keep them in larger cages depending on how they were bred. Often, birds that have been cage bred will be fine in cages while others who have been bred in an aviary won’t easily settle in a cage. Whatever the accommodation, don’t keep them with others of their species or any of the birds from the same family as they can be territorial.