Editing Padda (section)

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| name = ''Padda''
| image =Buberel_Lonchura_oryzivora_3.jpg
| image_caption = [[Java sparrow]] (''Padda oryzivora'')
| taxon = Padda
| authority = [[Ludwig Reichenbach|Reichenbach]], 1850
| type_species= ''Loxia oryzivora''<br/>[[Java sparrow]]
| type_species_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758
| subdivision_ranks = Species
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''''' Padda ''''' is a genus of [[estrildid finch]]es restricted to islands in southern [[Indonesia]].

These are small, plump, gregarious [[passerine]] [[bird]]s. They frequent open grassland and cultivation and feed mainly on grain and other seeds, including [[rice]].

Both species have white-cheeked black heads and thick bills. The sexes are similar, but immature birds have brown upperparts and paler brown underparts and cheeks. The call of both species is a ''chip'', and the song is a raid series of call notes ''chipchipchipchipchipchip''.