What is "poephila"

' Poephila ' is an Australian genus of the estrildid finches. Members of the genus are:

• Masked finch, Poephila personata
• Long-tailed finch, Poephila acuticauda
• Black-throated finch, Poephila cincta

These are birds of dry open grassland. The adults have pinkish underparts, buff or brown upperparts, a black tail and lower belly, and white rumps uppertail coverts and undertail coverts.