Padda

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Genus of birds

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::summary Genus of birds ::

| name = Padda | image =Buberel_Lonchura_oryzivora_3.jpg | image_caption = Java sparrow (Padda oryzivora) | taxon = Padda | authority = Reichenbach, 1850 | type_species= Loxia oryzivora Java sparrow | type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text.

*** Padda *** is a genus of estrildid finches restricted to islands in southern Indonesia and Timor-Leste.

These are small, plump, gregarious passerine birds. They frequent open grassland and cultivation and feed mainly on grain and other seeds, including rice.

Both species have white-cheeked black heads and thick bills. The sexes are similar, but immature birds have brown upperparts and paler brown underparts and cheeks. The call of both species is a chip, and the song is a raid series of call notes chipchipchipchipchipchip.

Taxonomy

The genus Padda was introduced in 1850 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach for the Java sparrow. The word "Padda" was used as an English name for the Java sparrow by George Edwards in 1743 and may come from the Malay word padi meaning "rice".

Species

The species are:

|name=Java sparrow |binomial=Padda oryzivora |image=File:Java Sparrow. (Lonchura oryzivora), (10722015754).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Linnaeus|authority-year=1758 |authority-not-original=yes |range= Java |range-image= |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= EN |population= |direction= |subspecies=

|name= Timor sparrow |binomial=Padda fuscata |image=File:An adult Timor Sparrow Lonchura fuscata near Baucau on the north coast of Timor-Leste.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Vieillot |authority-year=1807 |authority-not-original=yes |range= Timor |range-image= |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= NT |population= |direction= |subspecies=

Java sparrow is a popular cagebird, and has been introduced in a large number of other countries. Both Padda species are threatened by trapping for the cage bird trade. Many taxonomists now place this genus in Lonchura with the mannikins and munias.

References

References

  1. Reichenbach, Ludwig. (1850). "Avium Systema Naturale". Expedition Vollständigsten Naturgeschichte.
  2. (1968). "Check-List of Birds of the World". Museum of Comparative Zoology.
  3. Edwards, George. (1743). "A Natural History of Uncommon Birds". Printed for the author at the College of Physicians.
  4. Jobling, James A.. (2010). "The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names". Christopher Helm.
  5. (July 2021). "Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits". International Ornithologists' Union.

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