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Java Sparrow

Padda oryzivora

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Hawaii.January 4,967, February 4,197, March 5,070, April 3,122, May 2,450, June 2,354, July 3,395, August 2,447, September 2,804, October 3,307, November 3,480, December 4,878.
United States42,505
Hawaii3,113
Thailand185
Indonesia166
Pathum Thani Province85
Malaysia67
Philippines53
Bangkok45
Nonthaburi Province44
Perak36

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPerching Birds · Passeriformes
FamilyWaxbills and Allies · Estrildidae
GenusJava and Timor Sparrows · Padda

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