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The Java sparrow is a very gregarious bird which feeds mainly on grain and other seeds. It frequents open grassland and cultivation, and was formerly a pest in rice fields, hence its scientific name. The nest is constructed in a tree or building, and up to eight eggs are laid.
Padda is a genus of estrildid finches restricted to islands in southern Indonesia.. These are small, plump, gregarious passerine birds.They frequent open grassland and cultivation and feed mainly on grain and other seeds, including rice.
Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture Senegal parrot: P. senegalus (Linnaeus, 1766) LC: West Africa (excluding the Maghreb) Red-bellied parrot: P. rufiventris (Rüppell, 1842) LC: Eastern Horn of Africa, eastern Kenya, and northeast Tanzania Rüppell's parrot: P. rueppellii (G. R. Gray, 1849) LC: Northern Namibia and the coast of ...
Double-eyed fig parrot Australia, New Guinea and nearby smaller islands The genus name Cyclopsitta is a combination of the Greek name of the mythical Cyclops (a race of one-eyed Sicilian giants, whose name is a combination of the Greek word kuklos , meaning "circle" and ōps , meaning "eye"), and the modern Latin psitta , meaning "parrot".
The name 'Psittaciformes' comes from the ancient Greek for parrot, ψιττακός ('Psittacus'), whose origin is unclear. Ctesias (5th century BCE) recorded the name Psittacus after the Indian name for a bird, most likely a parakeet (now placed in the genus Psittacula).
The genus name is Latin for "parrot". [4] Linnaeus included all 37 of the then-known parrots in the genus and of these George Robert Gray designated the grey parrot ( Psittacus erithacus ) as the type species .
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The type locality is the island of Java. [3] The red-breasted parakeet is now placed in the genus Psittacula that was introduced in 1800 by the French naturalist Georges Cuvier. [4] [5] The genus name is a diminutive of the Latin word psittacus for a "parrot".