The palila (Psittirostra bailleui), an endangered finch-like bird, specializes on mamane trees that occur in dry forest habitats.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hawaii tropical dry forests] Reference

The various finches and finch-like birds form an exceedingly large group and comprise perhaps the most popular of foreign aviary birds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [tweet] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [Birds of the Rockies] Reference

Peering among the trees and houses, I presently focussed my field-glass upon a small, finch-like bird whose coat was striped with gray and brown, and whose face, crown, breast, and rump were beautifully tinged or washed with crimson, giving him quite a dressy appearance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Birds of the Rockies] Reference