Java Sparrow
Lonchura oryzivora
maya costa (Negros Occidental)
Maya Costa, as we call it in the province of Negros, is a staple of the illegal bird-as-pets trade. I have a vague memory that we had a pair of this beautiful bird as pets when I was a kid that lived with us for years. When one of the pair died, we thought of letting go the other but won’t fly away and would stay around. I cannot remember though if it had stayed and died or have flown away after sometime.
© Toto Gamboa
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