Small birds, from beak to tip of tail about 11 cm. Dominant adult birds dark brown on the back, wings and upper side of his body, with no strokes. Face, neck and upper chest black; lower chest, belly and sides white, appears in contrast to the top. The underside of the tail brownish. Young birds in the chest and abdomen dirty yellowish brown. Males with females did not differ in appearance. Iris brown; upper half black, half of the bluish-gray, feet gray.
Birds are often found in rural and urban environments, particularly near rice fields. Eat rice and various grains, Scaly-breasted Java frequented the fields, meadows, open fields and garden vegetation. These birds often fall to the ground or swinging on the flower stalks of grass seeds to eat grain. Scaly-breasted Java generally live in pairs or in small groups, including mixing with other species such as the Scaly-breasted Scaly-breasted peking (L. punctulata). The group originally consisted of a tail, but also in the harvest season of this group can grow to hundreds of birds. It appears prominently in the afternoon while flying and perched in trees along the bed. A large group like this can be very damaging pest of rice farmers. These birds often nest in the yard and the yard, the trees are lush entitled, at a height of 2-10 m above the ground. Nests are constructed in the form of a ball of grass leaves and flowers in layers, laid hidden between the leaves and twigs, or in the crack palm leaf stalks. Recorded breeding in the year, each time laying Scaly-breasted java lay 4-5 white eggs. The magnitude of approximately 14 x 10 mm.
Sounds fine, cri-ii, cri-i .. or ci-ii ..; and pit .. pit .. . But in groups, especially when sitting together, this sounds so pretty racket. Similarly, the sound of his children were newly hatched. Scaly-breasted mainly distributed in Java Java and Bali, to a height of 1,500 m above sea level. Also found in Lombok, southern Sumatra, and was introduced to Singapore. (wikipedia)