Parsons bird / Tui
The beautiful Tui is still one of my favourite birds. They look black from a distance, but in good light tui have a blue, green and bronze iridescent sheen, and distinctive white throat tufts (poi). They are usually very vocal, with a complicated mix of tuneful notes interspersed with coughs, grunts and wheezes.
Taken at Zealandia Wildlife Sanctuary in Wellington during our stop-over road-trip to Auckland.
Parsons bird / Tui
The beautiful Tui is still one of my favourite birds. They look black from a distance, but in good light tui have a blue, green and bronze iridescent sheen, and distinctive white throat tufts (poi). They are usually very vocal, with a complicated mix of tuneful notes interspersed with coughs, grunts and wheezes.
Taken at Zealandia Wildlife Sanctuary in Wellington during our stop-over road-trip to Auckland.