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Java Sparrow

Lonchura oryzivora

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Description:

Grey upper-parts and breast, pink belly, white-cheeked black head, red eye-ring, pink feet and thick red bill.

Habitat:

Live in open grasslands.

Native to Java and Bali in Indonesia. Introduced to many countries, originally as caged-birds.

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PublishedApril 29, 2014

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