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A cold and wet New Zealand winter week so grateful to a friend for a visit. The Tūī is a medium-sized honeyeater endemic to New Zealand.

Claustro Catedral de Sta. María de Tui

Tui are large honeyeaters endemic to NZ. Quite common and depending on their region have different song.

 

Explored September 24, 2020 (#376)

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this image is part of my weekly Vlog about keeping it closer during the Covid19 resurgence here in NZ

A quiet morning stroll along the Hokowhitu Lagoon netted me this image of a Tui peeking out of the branches to see what I was doing below!

 

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The branch is kānuka, white tea-tree or burgan, is endemic to New Zealand as is the tui bird. Seen here living wild in the Orokonui ecosanctuary.

Hope you learned a little Maori language this Sunday :)

Couldn't resist posting a 2nd Tui shot.

Y trás el río Miño, Portugal.......

 

Me encanta callejear sola por Tui, un día de semana sin turistas ..... haciendo fotos :-)

 

Tui / Galicia / Spain

 

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La chica de ayer ♪ ♫ Nacha Pop

 

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Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand-1307

Another Tui feasting on one of many flowering delights in the Esplanade gardens. From the amount of pollen on his beak I'd say he was finding plenty!

 

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A Tui enjoying an autumn treat at Cross Hills gardens near Kimbolton.

 

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A tui just outside the Otaga Peninsula Eco Restoration Alliance (the OPERA)

In the heart of Wellington's Brooklyn this beautiful kowhai tree attracted many tui. So cool watch them. This darling was showing off her amazing iridescent plumage between drinks.

New Zealand bird, member of the Honeyeater family. Tūī have beautiful voices but can also sound like they're coughing. Having two voice boxes is how they sing their incredibly varied songs of clicks, barks, cackles and wheezes. Also, if you see a silent tūī with its beak open and its chest puffed out it might be singing but you just can't hear the high frequency song it is able to produce. Tūī have the ability to imitate many sounds. Some Maori keep them in cages to welcome people onto the marae.

Taken on a recent trip to New Zealand

Another shot of one of these pretty birds. They have some distinct marking and a very interesting call.

I recently visited Bushy Park Sanctuary just outside Wanganui. Bushy Park is a predator free Bird Sanctuary which is home to large numbers of New Zealand Birds. This image in one of many included in my latest YouTube Vlog which is Live on YouTube To checkout the Video click of the Link below

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Tui in Spain has a famous cathedral. Catholic religion and river Minho did not help to prevent wars between Portugal and Spain. Europe as a concept of peace should maintain a peaceful development , where you can cross national borders without nationalistic restictions.

A NZ Tui photographed in a neighbours garden along my street ....

 

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A tui keen on a feed of kowhai nectar.

The tui is an endemic bird of New Zealand. A member of the honeyeater family. The name tui is from the Māori name tūī and is the species' formal common name.

A beautiful Tui caught at Cross Hills Gardens at Kimbolton with some lovely autumn colours in the background.

 

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Time for another tui image. I took this a wee while ago but wasn't sure whether to post it or not as it is not as harp as I would like. Lots of branches in the way to confuse the AF on my camera. However, the Topaz AI Sharpen app has helped me out a little with this photo. I quite like the action shown so I thought I will share this image.

A NZ Tui enjoying the beautiful blossom trees in the Palmerston North esplanade gardens....

 

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I so wanted to see and get a good pic of the great looking bird - - but pouring rain was all I got on both attempts to find him - - was lucky enough to see him though - - but he was as soaked as I was.

 

Tui - Wellington, New Zealand

Our garden Tui, eyeing up another feed of Kowhai.

The New Zealand Tui gorging on the tasty kowhai flower nectar. Both the tui and the kowhai are endemic to New Zealand. Usually when you see a tui it appears to be predominantly black with white feather tufts on it's throat. The tui typically feeds upside down and when it's back catching some light "it shows it's real colours". On it's back it has brown/bronse, turquoise, purple and blue iridescent sheen. The top of it's head appears green-ish and it has red eyes.

 

They are usually very vocal, with a complicated mix of tuneful notes interspersed with coughs, grunts and wheezes. Tui are notoriously aggressive, and will defend a flowering or fruiting tree, or a small part of a large tree, from all-comers, whether another tui or another bird species.

 

They vigorously chase other birds away from their feeding territory with loud whirring wings. Tui have a display flight, in which they fly upwards above the canopy, and then make a noisy, near-vertical, dive back into the canopy. Tui play a very important role in the dynamics of New Zealand forests because they are one of the most common pollinators of flowering plants, and also disperse the seeds of trees with medium-sized fruits.

 

Worth enlarging.

Tui - Tiritiri Matangi--Wattle Track, Auckland, New Zealand

 

Māori name - kōkō

 

Bird Species (# 494) that I photographed and placed on my Flickr Photostream. Overall goal is 1000.

 

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A closeup of our garden Tui with my new 500mm f/5.6 PF.

New Zealand, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae

Beautiful Tui looks up after a taste of fresh orange.

A colourful young Tui takes a very brief pause from feeding on Pride of Madeira (Echium candicans or Echium fastuosum) in the Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North.

El tren de Continetal Rail pasando por el puente internacional entre Valença y Tui .

Mercancías Leixois-Vigo Guixar.

Fecha:2021

 

La 308014 realizando maniobras en la estación de Tui. Fecha 1998.

I leave my camera with Jen for a few minutes and she bags a lovely Tui shot!

 

Taken at the Manawatu Gorge recreation area.

 

© Jennette Scott 2025

A native New Zealand bird that has a beer named after it.

 

Easily recognised by the white feather on the chin.

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