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A very young Java sparrow has a black beak with a pink base.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Java sparrow
- Scientific name
- Padda oryzivora
- Japanese name
- ブンチョウ
- Group
- Birds
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Estrildidae
- Genus
- Padda
Originally a bird of the islands of Java and Bali. It lives in grasslands, farmland and scrubby woods.
It has a black head, white cheeks and a red bill, and the area around its eyes is red too.
It peels the husks off grass seeds with its big bill. It often moves around in pairs or flocks.
How the Java sparrow lives
In its native range, it also eats fruits and insects. While still young, they practise hopping and sweeping their beaks again and again. Before mating, the male hops and sweeps his beak across the branch he is perched on. The female copies the male’s movements.
国立環境研究所 侵入生物データベースEindhoven ZooBasic data
- Size
- Total length: about 14 cm
- Diet
- Seeds, fruit and insects
- Range
- Java and Bali
Where the Java sparrow has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ブンチョウ
- 简体中文
- 禾雀
- 繁體中文
- 禾雀
- 한국어
- 문조
- Español
- Capuchino arrocero de Java
- Français
- Padda de Java
- Deutsch
- Reisfink
- Português (Brasil)
- Pardal de Java
- Italiano
- Padda
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Gelatik jawa
- Русский
- Серая рисовка
- ไทย
- นกกระจอกชวา
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 国立環境研究所 侵入生物データベース — ブンチョウChecked: 2026-11-03
- Eindhoven Zoo — Java sparrowChecked: 2026-11-06
- Pafos Zoo — Java SparrowChecked: 2026-11-06
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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