Padda oryzivora

IUCN Red List: VU Vulnerable

Population Trend:

Declining

History:

• 1988-Lower Risk/least concern (BirdLife International 2004)
• 1994-Vulnerable (Collar, Crosby and Stattersfield 1994)
• 2000-Vulnerable (BirdLife International 2000)

Threats:

• 1.8 Habitat Loss/Degradation - Other causes (ongoing)
• 3.1.2 Harvesting (hunting/gathering) - Food - Sub-national/national trade (ongoing)
• 3.5.2 Harvesting (hunting/gathering) - Cultural/scientific/leisure activities - Sub-national/national trade (ongoing)
• 3.5.3 Harvesting (hunting/gathering) - Cultural/scientific/leisure activities - Regional/international trade (ongoing)
• 5.1 Persecution - Pest control (ongoing)
• 6.2.1 Pollution (affecting habitat and/or species) - Land pollution - Agriculture (ongoing)
• 8.1 Changes in native species dynamics - Competitors (ongoing)

For info on these threat codes, see here.

Justification

The popularity of this finch as a cage-bird has resulted (and unless stringent action is taken, will continue to result) in a rapid decline in its population and range as a consequence of intense trapping activity, such that it qualifies as Vulnerable.

Taxonomy

Notes:

Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Physical Description

Family Passeridae:

A Family of small passerines with plum brown or grey bodies, short tails, and stubby, powerful beaks.

Genus Padda:

In Malabar, India, fish product consisting of slices of fish that have been dipped in paste of clarified butter or oil, with chilies, mustard and other spices and packed in jars.

Distribution

Range and Population

Oceania; Caribbean

Habitat

Biome

Terrestrial

Similar Species

Members of the genus Padda:

There are approximately 5 species in this genus.: P. fuscata (Timor Sparrow) · P. orizivora · P. orycivora · P. orysivora · P. oryzivora (Java Sparrow)

Members of the genus Padangpsyche:

There are approximately 1 species in this genus.: P. batakorum

Bibliography

• Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
• BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
• Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. and Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to Watch 2. The World List of Threatened Birds BirdLife International. Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, U.K.

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Notes

Contributors:

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 26, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 13 providers.

Data Sources:

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 26, 2007:

• Avian Knowledge Network, Great Backyard Bird Count
• Avian Knowledge Network, Project FeederWatch
• Avian Knowledge Network, eBird
• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics, Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
• University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of New Mexico Museum of Southwestern Biology Bird Collection

Identifiers:

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System Serial Number: 179621
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13815862
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABPCB05010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6843