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TUI 0070

Tui, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, 30 cm. / 11.8 in. COMMON ENDEMIC honeyeater found in native forest and scrub, farmlands with kowhat, gums and flax, parks and gardens. Backlit, but at the front of the throat are two white puffs of feathers called poi (not the sky showing).

 

Auckland Botanic Gardens, Manurewa, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand.

 

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Uploaded on November 24, 2016
Taken on October 30, 2016