1. Usually brightly-coloured Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds
   "The Gouldian finch is a popular grassfinch species in aviculture";
   - grass finch

1. Common North American finch noted for its evening song
   "The grass finch's melodious songs can be heard at dusk";
   - vesper sparrow, Pooecetes gramineus

Derived forms: grass finches, grassfinches

Type of: New World sparrow, weaver, weaver finch, weaverbird

Part of: genus Poephila, genus Pooecetes, Poephila, Pooecetes

Encyclopedia: Grass finch