Java sparrow

English

A Java sparrow in Hawaii

Noun

Java sparrow (plural Java sparrows)

1. 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