Key Identification Features
- The female bill is similar to the male's but typically has less red on the upper mandible.
- Up to twelve distinct calls have been identified for this species, and both the structure and tone of the calls differ between subspecies.
- Adult Java sparrows have a distinct, easy to identify appearance: grey upperparts and breast, pink belly, white cheeks on a black head, red eye-ring, pink feet, and a thick red bill.
- found that Java sparrows produce distinct trill-calls for different behavioural contexts.
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