Java sparrow

English

A Java sparrow in Hawaii

Noun

Java sparrow (plural Java sparrows)

A species of finch Padda oryzivora, 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: ぶんちょう (ja) (bunchō), 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
Lonchura oryzivora on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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