Male Java sparrows may coordinate their bill-clicking sounds with the notes of their song. Birds may communicate using both vocalizations and movement, as for instance occurs during courtship displays ...

Java sparrows are both vocalists and percussionists. Photo: Suzme/amanaimages/Corbis When Java sparrows make love, they do it to the beat of their own in-house avian techno. As at a rave, the birds’ ...

Pair-bonded Java sparrows show enlarged eye rings to signal breeding readiness. Birds are known for their elaborate courtship rituals and romantic gestures that are replete with beautiful songs, ...

Listen closely to a Java sparrow sing: Interspersed among the notes will be clicks that the bird makes with its bill. All male birds use the clicking sounds in their songs — and the patterns appear to ...

April 17 (UPI) --If a Java sparrow ever asks to dance with your date, be forewarned, he or she may have something else in mind. According to a new study out of Japan, Java sparrows are more likely to ...

If you're a bird-lover, and especially if you have a penchant for parakeets and Java sparrows, then these cute clips by Japanese interior goods and accessories retailer Felissimo will make you happy ...

YOKOHAMA -- A fortune-telling shop in this port city's Chinatown has attracted attention for its rare use of white Java sparrows, which are portrayed in Taiwan as "divine messengers." At Kissho Tennyo ...

Male Java sparrows may coordinate their bill-clicking sounds with the notes of their song, according to a study published May 20, 2015 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Masayo Soma and Chihiro ...