Waxbills (Estrildidae)
Java Sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora) - HBW 15, p. 365
French: Padda de Java
German: Javareisfink
Spanish: Capuchino Arrocero de Java
Other common names: Rice/Paddy Bird, Rice Munia, Java Finch
Taxonomy: Loxia oryzivora Linnaeus, 1758, "Asia and Ethiopia" = Java.
This species and L. fuscata often placed in separate genus Padda, and may form a superspecies. In recent study of mitochondrial phylogeny, these two species and L. tristissima were found to comprise two clades that are basal to the other members of the genus. Monotypic.
Distribution: Java and Bali.Widely introduced elsewhere: Sumatra, Bawean, Borneo, Lombok, Sumbawa, Sulawesi, Philippines, Caroline Is, Japan, SE China, Taiwan, Myanmar (Arakan and Tenasserim, perhaps extirpated), Thailand (N Bangkok, Phuket I), Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore (perhaps extirpated), India (Calcutta, Chennai), Sri Lanka, Tanzania (including Zanzibar and Pemba), Seychelles, Christmas I, Fiji, Hawaiian Is, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Colombia, St Helena I.
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A bird feeding on the ground in a park Locality Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands (Monotypic species)
Bill Wayman 31 March 2000 5 years ago 28 sec 4.6 -
Two birds feeding on the grass Locality Kona, Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands (Monotypic species)
Curt Kessler 30 September 2006 5 years ago 32 sec 4.4 -
pair displaying Locality Lahaina, Maui, Hawaiian Islands (Monotypic species)
Joe Angseesing 26 September 2010 27 weeks ago 25 sec 4.1 -
Foraging on the ground Locality Kona, Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands (Monotypic species)
Joe Angseesing 21 September 2010 27 weeks ago 52 sec 4 -
A bird perched and other individuals moving around Locality Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands (Monotypic species)
Bill Wayman 31 March 2000 5 years ago 31 sec 4 -
A bird feeding on grass seed heads Locality Hawaii Kai, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands (Monotypic species)
Curt Kessler 30 September 2006 5 years ago 29 sec 3.9 -
Perched adult and 2 juvs Locality Bali (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
mark sutton 26 June 2009 3 years ago 10 sec 3.8 -
Several birds feeding on seeds and defending them from a Spotted Dove Locality Kuliouou, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands (Monotypic species)
Curt Kessler 31 October 2005 5 years ago 24 sec 3.7 -
one bounces on a branch (displaying?) then shows aggression to a juvenile; a group foraging on the ground Locality Birdland Park & Gardens, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Joe Angseesing 19 November 2011 48 weeks ago 27 sec 3.6 -
Boundary dispute over nest boxes Locality Birdland Park & Gardens, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Joe Angseesing 5 March 2013 5 weeks ago 50 sec 3 -
Juvenile perched and preening Locality Bristol Zoo, Bristol, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Joe Angseesing 5 December 2012 7 weeks ago 21 sec 3 -
feeding with House Sparrows on a lawn Locality Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands
Christina Havard 5 April 2010 3 years ago 20 sec 2.7 -
A bird on a rock. Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 4 years ago 21 sec 2.5
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