About the Java Sparrow
The Java sparrow (Padda oryzivora; syn. Lonchura oryzivora), also known as the Java finch, Java rice sparrow or Java rice bird, is a small passerine bird. This species in the family Estrildidae 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.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Padda oryzivora
- Family
- Waxbills and Allies
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the waxbills and allies family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Blue-capped Cordonbleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Cut-throat Amadina fasciata
- Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata
- Double-barred Finch Stizoptera bichenovii
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