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A native New Zealand bird that has a beer named after it.
Easily recognised by the white feather on the chin.
Loc 193 650 met de TUI Ski Express, trein SDRV 13425 van Amsterdam Centraal naar Bludenz. Flirsch, 28 januari 2023
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.
Tuis are native to New Zealand and are one of the country's most iconic bird species.
They are unique
They have a distinctive appearance, with iridescent feathers that can appear green, blue, and purple, and a white tuft of throat feathers.
Tui are known for their unique and melodious song, which often includes a combination of bell-like notes, clicks, and wheezes. They can serenade you sweetly one minute and sound like a sneeze mixed with a cough the next. They have a vocabulary of more than 300 songs, but can aslo mimic anything from other birds songs to human speeach, cars and phones.
Native to New Zealand. As these birds take of really fast and fly very fast it is a bit of a challenge getting a decent BIF shot especially through the branches and between trees. Luckily I don't mind a challenge. This is my best attempt so far (after a bit of PP).
Ulva Island, New Zealand-1613
One of New Zealand's well known birds, also one of the best songbirds around, a must see bird if visiting both the North and South Island.
A reflex shot. I prefocussed on the branch as several birds used it before this one. This one stayed less than a second then flew on to the bird feeder with sugar water which I guess tastes like nectar to them. Shots at the feeder itself are just too easy so I don't bother :) Have a good weekend. A sunny Sunday here.
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...on harakeke (NZ Flax)
Tui, one of New Zealand's native honeyeaters, are important pollinators of native forest flowers. The tui's beak is perfectly shaped to fit into the harakeke flower from which it feeds on nectar.
Pausing from feeding on flax flowers. Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North.
Tui are boisterous, medium-sized, common and widespread bird of forest and suburbia – unless you live in Canterbury. 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. In flight, their bodies slant with the head higher than the tail, and their noisy whirring flight is interspersed with short glides. nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/tui
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This beautiful bird was gathering nest material at the top of a cabbage tree. May have been telling partner to come over and help, however, no other bird turned up while I waited.
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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.
The tui is a large honeyeater, 27 to 32 cm (11–13 in) in length. The Chatham Islands subspecies is larger on average than the nominate subspecies, and heavier.
Males tend to be heavier than females. Nominate males weigh between 65–150 g (2.3–5.3 oz), and females 58–105 g (2.0–3.7 oz). Males of the Chatham subspecies are 89–240 g (3.1–8.5 oz) and females 89–170 g (3.1–6.0 oz).
At first glance the bird appears completely black except for a small tuft of white feathers at its neck and a small white wing patch, causing it to resemble a parson in clerical attire.
On closer inspection it can be seen that tui have brown feathers on the back and flanks, a multicoloured iridescent sheen that varies with the angle from which the light strikes them, and a dusting of small, white-shafted feathers on the back and sides of the neck that produce a lacy collar.
This image was taken in ZEALANDIA, in Wellington, on the North Island of New Zealand
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Tui are boisterous, medium-sized, common and widespread bird of forest and suburbia. 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. In flight, their bodies slant with the head higher than the tail, and their noisy whirring flight is interspersed with short glides.
A lovely day out to Hanmer yesterday. Lunch, Tui, Bush walk, more Tui, Soak in mineral hot pools, Dinner. Not a bad way to spend the day!
This image is included in 6 galleries :- 1) "BIRDS EXOTIC AND COLORFUL - BEST PHOTO'S" curated by SØS'Nature, 2) "BIRDS ALL KINDS - NR.3" also by SØS'Nature, 3) "OISEAUX - BIRDS - PAJAROS (5)" by Bobbruxelles, 4) "Aviary" by Deak Wooten, 5) "Flowers With Enchanting Visitors" by Lena Dezaneka and 6) "PLACERES VISUALES-volumen 8" by BYKTOR-f.d.
A New Zealand icon, the tui is loved for its singing voice and unique plumage. At first glance the bird appears completely black except for a small tuft of white feathers at its neck and a small white wing patch, causing it to resemble a parson in clerical attire. On closer inspection it can be seen that tui have brown feathers on the back and flanks, a multicoloured iridescent sheen that varies with the angle from which the light strikes them, and a dusting of small, white-shafted feathers on the back and sides of the neck that produce a lacy collar. The name tui is from the Māori name tūī and is the species formal common name. It is only found in New Zealand.
This bird came to feed on the nectar of the New Zealand flax outside the Apartment we were staying in Franz Josef, South Island.
A lovely day out to Hanmer yesterday. Lunch, Tui, Bush walk, more Tui, Soak in mineral hot pools, Dinner. Not a bad way to spend the day!
For Lance. I spotted this Tui singing it's heart out at the Wellington Botanic Gardens. I saw some more at the top of the Cable Car route but it ws a quick and in darker part in a kowhai tree.