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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.
The genus Padda was introduced in 1850 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach for the Java sparrow. [1] [2] The word "Padda" was used as an English name for the Java sparrow by George Edwards in 1743 and may come from the Malay word padi meaning "rice".
The female is the brighter of the sexes and initiates courtship. The male incubates the eggs and tends the young. ... Java sparrow, Padda oryzivora (I)
Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora) the Ming dynasty (1368–1644 CE) China: pets Non-wild coloration pied and fancy colored Java sparrows from long Asian captivity lines are hand tamable Threatened in the wild 2d Passeriformes: Siamese fighting fish or betta (Betta splendens); Spotted betta (B. picta) the 19th century CE (uncertain for B. picta)
[2] [3] The type species was subsequently designated as the house sparrow (Passer domesticus). [3] [4] The name Passer is the Latin word for "sparrow." [5] A mixed group of Passer sparrows containing a Eurasian tree sparrow, a male house sparrow, and female house or Spanish sparrows, feeding on grain in the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan
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[10] [11] [4] The hedge sparrow or dunnock (Prunella modularis) is similarly unrelated. It is a sparrow in name only, a relict of the old practice of calling more types of small birds "sparrows". [12] A few further bird species are also called sparrows, such as the Java sparrow, an estrildid finch.
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