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Java Sparrow Baluran NP East Java MG 8180 (29726690101)🐦

Photo: Francesco Veronesi · CC BY-SA 2.0

SpeciesPasseriformesEstrildidae
Birds

🐦Java sparrow

Padda oryzivora (Linnaeus, 1758)

The Java sparrow, 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.

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Padda oryzivora
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ENEndangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.

Population trendDecreasing
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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderPasseriformes
  5. ›familyEstrildidae
  6. ›genusLonchura
  7. ›speciesLonchura oryzivora
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  1. orderSauria
  2. classBirds · Aves
  3. orderPerching birds · Passeriformes
  4. genusPadda
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. classBirds · Aves
  10. orderPerching birds · Passeriformes
  11. genusPadda
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Padda oryzivora (fr), 禾雀 (zh), Ryżowiec siwy (pl), Padda oryzivora (es), Padda oryzivora (hu), Padda oryzivora (it) … and 16 more languages
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Java Sparrow Baluran NP East Java MG 8180 (29726690101)Padda oryzivora, Bekasi, Java 577597759Java Sparrow Baluran NP East Java MG 8207 (29696610022)
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