Estrildidae
カエデチョウ科
kaede-chō ka

General

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A number of Lonchura species have become established in Japan as escaped cage birds. They include the キンパラ kinpara 'golden belly' (written 金腹) and ギンパラ ginpara 'silver belly' (written 銀腹), used for members of Lonchura.

Amandava amandava is known as ベニスズメ beni suzume or 'crimson sparrow', written 紅雀.

The Java sparrow is known as the ブンチョウ bun-chō, literally 'culture-bird' or 'literature bird', written 文鳥. (In Chinese this name is generally given to the Lonchura).

Species names

ESTRILDinae
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN		JAPANESE		CHINESE			KOREAN
Estrilda
Latin	Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru	Japanese	Other J	Chinese	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Korean
Estrilda troglodytes	Black-rumped waxbill Astrild cendré Grauastrild	カエデチョウ (紅葉鳥) kaede-chō 'maple-leaf bird' (introduced)		黑腰梅花雀 (黑腰梅花雀) hēi-yāo méi-huā-què 'black-rumped plum flower sparrow'
Amandava
Latin	Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru	Japanese	Other J	Chinese	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Korean
Amandava amandava Estrilda amandava	Red avadavat Red munia Bengali rouge Tigerfink Тигровый астрильд	ベニスズメ (紅雀) beni suzume 'crimson sparrow' (introduced)		红梅花雀 (紅梅花雀) hóng méi-huā-què 'red plum-flower finch' or 梅花雀 (梅花雀) méi-huā-què 'plum-flower finch' (alt in 1, 3, 5)		红雀 (紅雀) hóng-què 'red finch' (also Schoeniclus rutilus, Erythrina erythrina, and Passer rutilus)
LONCHURINAE
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN		JAPANESE		CHINESE			KOREAN
Lonchura
Latin	Eng, Fr, Ger, Ru	Japanese	Other J	Chinese	Chinese (Taiwan)	Other Ch	Korean
Lonchura striata	White-rumped munia White-backed munia White-rumped mannikin Sharp-tailed munia Capucin domino Spitzschwanz-Bronzemännchen Японская амадина	コシジロキンパラ (腰白金腹) koshi-jiro kinpara 'white-rumped gold-belly' (introduced)		白腰文鸟 (白腰文鳥) bái-yāo wén-niǎo 'white-rumped culture-bird'	(白腰文鸟) 白腰文鳥 bái-yāo wén-niǎo 'white-rumped culture-bird'	白胸文鸟 (白胸文鳥) bái-xiōng wén-niǎo 'white-breasted culture-bird' 白背文鸟 (白背文鳥) bái-bèi wén-niǎo 'white-backed culture-bird' 尖尾文鸟 (尖尾文鳥) jiān-wěi wén-niǎo 'sharp-tailed culture-bird' 十姐妹 (十姐妹) shí jiě-mèi 'ten sisters' 白胸算命鸟 (白胸算命鳥) bǎi-xiōng suàn-mìng niǎo 'white-breasted tell-fortune bird'
Lonchura punctulata	Scaly-breasted munia Nutmeg mannikin Spotted mannikin Spotted munia Capucin damier Muskatamadine	シマキンパラ (縞金腹) shima kinpara 'striped gold-belly' (introduced)		斑文鸟 (斑文鳥) bān wén-niǎo 'striped culture-bird'	(斑文鸟) 斑文鳥 bān wén-niǎo 'striped culture-bird'	鳞胸文鸟 (鱗胸文鳥) lín-xiōng wén-niǎo 'scale-breasted culture-bird' 珍珠鸟 (珍珠鳥) zhēnzhū-niǎo 'pearl bird' 鱼鳞沉香 (魚鱗沈香) yú-lín chénxiāng 'fish-scaled chenxiang (type of plant)' 小纺织鸟 (小紡織鳥) xiǎo fǎng-zhī niǎo 'small spinning-and-weaving bird' 算命鸟 (算命鳥) suàn-mìng niǎo 'tell-fortune bird'	얼룩무늬납부리새 eollung-munui-nap-buri-sae 'spot-patterned wax bill bird'
Lonchura malacca	Black-headed munia Indian black-headed munia Chestnut munia Chestnut mannikin Capucin à dos marron Schwarzbauchnonne Трёхцветная муния	ギンパラ (銀腹) ginpara 'silver-belly' (introduced)	キンパラ (金腹) kinpara 'gold-belly'	黑头文鸟 (黑頭文鳥) hēi-tóu wén-niǎo 'black-headed culture-bird' (2, 4) 栗腹文鸟 (栗腹文鳥) lì-fù wén-niǎo 'chestnut bellied culture-bird' (1, 3, 5)	(黑头文鸟) 黑頭文鳥 hēi-tóu wén-niǎo 'black-headed culture-bird'
Lonchura maja	White-headed munia Pale-headed mannikin Capucin à tête blanche Weißkopfnonne	ヘキチョウ (碧鳥) heki-chō 'blue bird' (introduced)		白头文鸟 (白頭文鳥) bái-tóu wén-niǎo 'white-headed culture-bird' 淡头文鸟 (淡頭文鳥) dàn-tóu wén-niǎo 'pale-headed culture-bird' (5) (introduced)
Lonchura oryzivora Padda oryzivora	Java sparrow Padda de Java Reisfink Рисовка	ブンチョウ (文鳥) bun-chō 'culture-bird' (introduced)		禾雀 (禾雀) hé què 'grain sparrow' (alt in 1, 2 3, 4) 爪哇禾雀 (爪哇禾雀) zhǎowā hé què 'Javanese grain sparrow' (5) (introduced)		爪哇雀 (爪哇雀) zhǎowā què 'Java sparrow' 文鸟 (文鳥) wén-niǎo 'culture-bird' 灰文鸟 (灰文鳥) huī wén-niǎo 'grey culture-bird' 驼色文鸟 (駝色文鳥) tuó-sè wén-niǎo 'camel-coloured culture-bird' 红嘴文鸟 (紅嘴文鳥) hóng-zuǐ wén-niǎo 'red-billed culture-bird' 黑头顶文鸟 (黑頭頂文鳥) hēi-tóu-dǐng wén-niǎo 'black-capped culture-bird' 白腮文鸟 (白腮文鳥) bái-sāi wén-niǎo 'white-cheeked culture-bird' 红眼圈文鸟 (紅眼圈文鳥) hóng yǎn-quān wén-niǎo 'red-eye-circled culture-bird' 灰毛文鸟 (灰毛文鳥) huī-máo wén-niǎo 'grey-haired culture-bird' 黑尾文鸟 (黑尾文鳥) hēi-wěi wén-niǎo 'black-tailed culture-bird'

中国鸟类种和亚种分类名录大全（修订版） 郑作新 著 科学出版社 北京 2000年
A Complete Checklist of Species and Subspecies of the Chinese Birds (Revised Edition) by Cheng Tso-Hsin, Science Press, Beijing 2000

中国鸟类分类与分布名录 主编：郑光美 科学出版社 北京 2005年
A Checklist on the Classification and Distribution of the Birds of China Chief editor: Zheng Guangmei, Science Press, Beijing 2005

中国鸟类野外手册（中文版）约翰・马敬能、卡伦・菲利普斯，合作者：荷芬奇，翻译：卢和芬 湖南教育出版社 长沙 2000年
A Field Guide to the Birds of China (Chinese translation) by John MacKinnon, Karen Phillipps, in collaboration with He Fen-qi, translated by Lu Hefen, Hunan Jiaoyu Chubanshe (Hunan Educational Press) Changsha 2000

世界鸟类分类与分布名录 主编：郑光美 科学出版社 北京 2002年
A Checklist on the Classification and Distribution of the Birds of the World Chief editor: Zheng Guangmei, Science Press, Beijing 2002

世界鸟类名称（拉丁文、汉文、英文对照）第二版 郑作新等 科学出版社 北京 2002年
Birds of the World (Latin, Chinese and English Names) 2nd ed. by Cheng Tso-Hsin et al, Science Press, Beijing 2002