Java sparrow

English

Noun

Java sparrow (plural Java sparrows)

1. Any of species Padda oryzivora of finches, native of Java, but very commonly kept as a cage bird.
   • 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 133:

     Still there was a cheerful appearance; a capital fire burnt in the bright grate; there were some stands of thriving plants in the windows; and some canaries and Java sparrows chirped as if they were quite content to be "hereditary bondsmen.

Synonyms

• (Padda oryzivora): Lonchura oryzivora, Java finch, paddy bird, ricebird, rice sparrow

Translations

Java sparrow

Arabic: عصفور جاوة Asturian: capuchín arroceru de Java m, gorrión de Java m Bihari: पैड्डा ओरिजिवोरा Bulgarian: оризарка f (orizarka) Catalan: pardal de Java m Chinese: Mandarin: 禾雀 (zh) (héquè), 文鳥 / 文鸟 (zh) (wén niǎo), 黑芙蓉 Czech: rýžovník m Danish: risfugl Dutch: rijstvogel (nl) m Estonian: riisiamadiin Finnish: riisipeippo (fi), riisilintu French: padda de Java (fr) m, calfat de Java m, moineau de Java m German: Reisfink m, Reisamadine, Reisnonne Hebrew: אורזית Hungarian: rizspinty Indonesian: gelatik jawa Irish: gealbhan Iávach Italian: padda (it) m, fringuello di Giava m Japanese: 文鳥 (ja) (bunchō) Javanese: gathik jawa, glathik bélong Korean: 문조 (ko) (munjo) Lithuanian: javos žvirblis, ryžinukas Malay: burung ciak jawa, pipit padi jawa Norwegian: javarisfugl Persian: فنچ نرگسی Polish: ryżowiec siwy Portuguese: pardal de Java, calafate (pt) m (Brazil) Russian: ри́совка (ru) f (rísovka) Slovak: ryžovník sivý Spanish: capuchino arrocero de Java m, gorrión de Java m Sundanese: galatik Swahili: zawaridi Swedish: risfågel Tagalog: mayang costa Tamil: ஜாவா சிட்டுக்குருவி (jāvā ciṭṭukkuruvi) Thai: นกกระจอกชวา Turkish: cava serçesi, cava ispinozu, cava pirinç kuşu Vietnamese: sẻ Java Welsh: cwyrbig Jafa

References

• Java sparrow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Padda oryzivora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Lonchura oryzivora on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons