Java sparrow

Java sparrow
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Estrildidae
Genus:	Lonchura
Species:	L. oryzivora
Binomial name
	Lonchura oryzivora; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Loxia oryzivora Linnaeus, 1758; Padda oryzivora (Linnaeus, 1758); Lonchura oryzivora ssp. oryzivora Dowsett and Forbes-Watson, 1993; Lonchura oryzivora ssp. oryzivora Christidis and Boles, 1994; Lonchura oryzivora ssp. oryzivora Christidis and Boles, 2008;

The Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora), also known as Java finch, Java rice sparrow or Java rice bird, is a small passerine bird. This estrildid finch is a resident breeding bird in Java, Bali and Bawean in Indonesia. It is a popular cage bird, and has been introduced into many other countries.

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