Editing Java sparrow (section)

===Introductions===
[[File:Padda oryzivora -University of Hawaii at Manoa campus, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA-8.jpg|right|thumb|Adult in Hawaii]]
[[File:Padda oryzivora -University of Hawaii at Manoa campus, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA -juvenile-8-4c.jpg|right|thumb|A juvenile in Hawaii with a black/dark-grey beak]]
[[File:Yatomi Japanese Rice Bird ac.jpg|thumb|A white Buncho in Yatomi, Japan]]
The Java sparrow was introduced in the Indian subcontinent,<ref>Hume, Allan Octavian. [https://books.google.com/books?id=9yUIAQAAIAAJ&q=oryzivora The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume II.] R. H. Porter, 1890, p. 128</ref> but it failed to become a successful resident on the Indian mainland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceylonbirdclub.org/Appendix-II.pdf|title=Ceylon Bird Club Rarities and Records Committee : Appendix II|website=Ceylonbirdclub.org|access-date=22 March 2022}}</ref> In the United States there are breeding populations on several of the Hawaiian Islands, especially [[Oahu]].

In the Caribbean, the Java sparrow was introduced to [[Puerto Rico]] where it is fairly common near [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]. It has also been sighted in [[Jamaica]], but is not known to occur on any of the other islands.<ref name="raffaele">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xfp8Ap-qVM0C&pg=PA196|title=Birds of the West Indies|first1=Herbert A.|last1=Raffaele|first2=James|last2=Wiley|first3=Orlando H.|last3=Garrido|first4=Allan|last4=Keith|first5=Janis I.|last5=Raffaele|date=23 April 2010|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-1-4008-3618-5|pages=196–}}</ref> It was also introduced to [[Christmas Island]], off the coast of [[Western Australia]].