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The Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora; Japanese: 文鳥, bunchō), also known as the Java finch, Java rice sparrow or Java rice bird, is a small passerine bird. [3] This estrildid finch is a resident breeding bird in Java, Bali and Bawean in Indonesia. It is a popular cage bird, and has been introduced into many other countries.
House finch (All main islands) Atlantic canary; Yellow-fronted canary (O'ahu, Hawaii) Laysan finch^ (Pearl and Hermes Reef*) House sparrow (All main islands) Red-cheeked cordon-bleu (Hawaii) Lavender waxbill (Hawaii, O'ahu) Orange-cheeked waxbill (Maui, O'ahu) Black-rumped waxbill (Hawaii) Common waxbill (All main islands) Red avadavat (Kauai ...
The nene is the official state bird of Hawaii. This list of birds of Hawaii is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species seen naturally in the U.S. state of Hawaii as determined by Robert L. and Peter Pyle of the Bishop Museum, Honolulu, and modified by subsequent taxonomic changes. [1] [2]
The family Estrildidae was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte as "Estreldinae", a spelling variant of the subfamily name. [2] [3] In the list of world birds maintained by Frank Gill, Pamela Rasmussen and David Donsker on behalf of the International Ornithological Committee (IOC) the family contains 140 species divided into 41 genera. [4]
Fauna of Hawaii — animals native to or naturalized in the Hawaiian Islands, ... Birds of Hawaii (1 C, 17 P) E. Endemic fauna of Hawaii (8 C, 229 P) F.
Located about 2,300 miles (3,680 km) from the nearest continental shore, the Hawaiian Islands are the most isolated group of islands on the planet. The plant and animal life of the Hawaiian archipelago is the result of early, very infrequent colonizations of arriving species and the slow evolution of those species—in isolation from the rest of the world's flora and fauna—over a period of ...
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This group of birds historically consisted of at least 51 species. Less than half of Hawaii's previously extant species of honeycreeper still exist. [ 16 ] Threats to species include habitat loss, avian malaria, predation by non-native mammals, and competition from non-native birds.