Common names for the species have been assigned or arisen from usage in aviculture, these include the long-tailed finch or longtail, blackheart finch, shaft-tail finch, orange-billed finch or grassfinch.
Various names have been assigned or developed through use in ornithology, such as the long-tailed finch or longtail, blackheart finch, shaft-tail finch, orange-billed finch or grassfinch.