Java sparrow

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Java sparrow

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.

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Java sparrow

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

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Ja′va spar′row

a gray and red finch, Padda oryzivora, of the waxbill family, resident on Java and Bali and widely introduced elsewhere.

[1860–65]

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Java sparrow - small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields

Java finch, Padda oryzivora, ricebird

weaver finch, weaverbird, weaver - finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests

genus Padda, Padda - a genus of Ploceidae

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They have been documented in domestic chickens, (7,26,27) 3 budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus), (11,28) a Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora), (29) a common mynah bird (Acridotheres tristis), (1) a finch, (30) a burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia), (16) a canary (Serinus canarius), (31) and a scarlet macaw (Ara macao) (12) (Table 1).

Mixed Thymoma in an American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

These species include serpent eagle, reticulated phyton, Philippine long-tailed macaque, crested myna, monitor lizard, grass owl, crested hawk, brahminy kite, fish sea eagle and java sparrow made pets by animal lovers.

Fishpond caretaker rescues osprey in Bulacan

Other species include Canary, Japanese Bantham, Button Quail, Waxbill, Wagtail, Californian Quail, BulBul, Silver Bill, Diamond Dove, Crested Society and Java sparrow among others.

In the company of feathered friends

In previous studies, Java Sparrow (Padda oryzivora) selected safflower seeds that were deeper (Van der Meij and Bout 2000), and Northern Cardinal selected sunflower seeds that were shorter, but thinner (Willson 1972).

The role of oil content and size in seed selection by wild birds

(3,6) Thymomas are rarely reported in avian species and have only been documented in an African grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus), a finch (unspecified species), domestic chickens, budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus), a Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora), a Senegal parrot (Poicephalus senegalus), a burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia), a red-tail common mynah bird (Acridotheres tristis), and a scarlet macaw (Ara macao).

T-cell Thymic Lymphoma With Proventricular Metastasis in a Florida Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens)

Single bird case reports are mainly of benign thymomas without metastasis, as described in a Java sparrow (Padda oryzivora), (8) an African grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus), (9) a burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia), (10) a Senegal parrot (Poicephalus senegalus), (11) and a common myna (Acridotheres tristis).

Metastatic thymoma in a scarlet macaw (Ara macao)

Abstract: A 4-year-old Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora) was diagnosed with thymic lymphoma based on the results of histopathologic evaluation and immunohistochemical staining of a Tru-cut biopsy sample.

Long-term management of thymic lymphoma in a java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivova)

Thymomas are rarely reported in avian species and have only been documented in an African grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus), (1) a finch (unspecified species), (6) domestic chickens, (7,8) a budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus), (9) and a Java sparrow (Padda oryzivora).