Java sparrow

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Java sparrow/ˈʤɑːvə/

▶noun a waxbill with a large red bill and black-and-white head, native to Java and Bali and popular as a cage bird. [Padda oryzivora.]

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sparrow/ˈsparəʊ/

▶noun a small, typically brown and grey finch-like bird related to the weaver birds. [Passer domesticus (house sparrow) and other species.]

■ used in names of many other birds which resemble this, especially American birds of the bunting family (Emberizidae), e.g. Java sparrow, song sparrow.

– origin OE spearwa, of Gmc origin.