Usage examples (5)

• The palila (Psittirostra bailleui), an endangered finch-like bird, specializes on mamane trees that occur in dry forest habitats.
• The various finches and finch-like birds form an exceedingly large group and comprise perhaps the most popular of foreign aviary birds.
• This combined with small finch-like bird this morning that kept flapping at the window, and stopping several times to grip at the mesh screen and look inside.
• A few minutes later I heard a vigorous and musical chirping in the pine bushes, and, turning aside, found a flock of small, finch-like birds.