Java sparrow

n. A small gray bird (Padda oryzivora) that has a black-and-white head, is native to tropical Asia, and is popular as a cage bird.

Java sparrow

n (Animals) a small grey-and-pink finchlike Indonesian weaverbird, Padda oryzivora: a popular cage bird

Ja′va spar′row

n. a gray and red finch, Padda oryzivora, of the waxbill family, resident on Java and Bali and widely introduced elsewhere. [1860–65]

Thesaurus

Noun

Java sparrow - small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fieldsJava finch, Padda oryzivora, ricebirdweaver finch, weaverbird, weaver - finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nestsgenus Padda, Padda - a genus of Ploceidae

Java Sparrow

(Padda oryzivora), a bird of the family Ploceidae of the order Passeriformes. The body length is 14 cm. The Java sparrow is generally blue-gray. The sides of the head are white, the tail and the top of the head are black, and the bill is red. Native to Java and Bali, the bird has been introduced into Hawaii, Saint Helena Island, Tanzania, and a number of South Asian countries (from Sri Lanka to the Philippines and Fiji). The Java sparrow is a sedentary bird that builds its nest under roofs and in trees (treetops, tree hollows, and trunks overgrown with epiphytes). A clutch contains six to eight white eggs, which are incubated for 13 days. Java sparrows eat seeds, small fruits, and insects. Flocks of the birds cause great damage to rice plants during the ripening period. In China and Japan, Java sparrows are kept as cage birds. A white variety has been produced.

Java sparrow

noun

Synonyms for Java sparrow

noun small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields

Synonyms

Java finch
Padda oryzivora
ricebird

Related Words

weaver finch
weaverbird
weaver
genus Padda
Padda

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