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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.
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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 4 galleries :- 1) "Aves - Birds (The best)" curated by Rui Silva, 2) "Birds From Around the World #5" by Kathy, 3 ) "Nature" by hussi48 and 4) "Birds 2" by Ruben S. C.
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!
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.
Taken in Golden Bay, South Island.
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.
Taken in Golden Bay, South Island.
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.
Arriva Kent & Surrey 6146 TUI 7939 is seen at Snodland Station whilst it awaits its departure to Maidstone.
Former Arriva Midlands 4009
Tui are endemic to New Zealand and they're in the honeyeater family. I saw Tui birds 6 times or so and I thought they were black birds. With a flash I could finally see the Tui's colors and iridescence.
Nice to have a bit more time on my hands during lockdown so I can experiment a bit more with my photography.
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.
Sorry for all the Tui pictures, it has been a very long time since I was able to get close enough to get some decent shots.
...in full song on a harakeke (or NZ flax) bush.
Tui are intelligent, aggressively territorial, and are said to be able to imitate the calls of nearly every other bird, as well as a vast array of other sounds.
...on harakeke (NZ flax)
I get the impression that my cover may have been blown!
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.
This is a shot I've had in my head since first seeing this species on my first trip to New Zealand, and one I really wanted to capture on my most recent trip. Technically, this was a challenging image to make as I needed soft diffused light to bring out the beautiful array of colors on the bird, a significantly darker or shadowed background, and a light enough (while still cloudy) day to allow me to shoot at a relatively low ISO to preserve dynamic range in both the white throat wattle and the black feathers. I actually tried this shot multiple times and wasn't really satisfied with the background or the exposure on the wattle or other nitpicky things, but in the end it came together and made one of my favorite images of the year. See the rest on my website:
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Taken with a D500 + 500mm at 1/800 f/5.6 ISO 640
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New Zealand has a number of unique birds. While some are more rare, and more difficult to see, there can't be many that are more attractive than the Tui when seen close-up.
Vlaardingen/Broekpolder - 9 juni 2018
Verblijvend in de Broekpolder komen er regelmatig vliegtuigen over, die gaan landen op Rotterdam-The Hague Airport (Zestienhoven).
Ik vind het altijd weer een sport ze op de foto te zetten.
I was naturally anxious to photograph some of New Zealand’s iconic endemic birds, but since we’ve been hiking more or less all day every day it has basically boiled down to stumbling into them while I happen to have my camera out.
As it happens (and though no one seems to believe us) we did see the most iconic of all—a kiwi—on our first day walking. You can believe me or believe me not, because my camera was in my pack, but we saw it near the waste treatment plant on the outskirts of Invercargill (we’ve since heard but never seen them in the mountains). This tui—which is not at all uncommon—was from the same day, near Bluff.
Tui, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, 30 cm. / 11.81 in. COMMON and ENDEMIC honeyeater and one of the largest. Native forest and scrub, farmland with remnant native forest patches, parks and gardens. During a rain shower. Two white feathered tufts at the throat called "poi" are raised more than shown here during song and agitation.
Waiatarua Reserve, Meadowbank, Auckland Region, New Zealand.
©bryanjsmith.
Typically, where there are native Kowhai trees you will find the endemic Tui feeding on the nectar. This was taken near the Hamilton gardens.
We have a couple of adult tūī that regularly use our bird bath. Yesterday, one of them arrived with two juveniles.
The adult bathed first and then waited patiently while the juveniles made their attempts. It was quite entertaining watching them get used to the water.
This was only the second time I have seen juvenile tūī up close. It was a treat to have them visit our garden.
"I'm singing in the rain, Just singin' in the rain, What a glorious feeling I'm happy again"
Tūī, one of New Zealand's native honeyeaters, are important pollinators of native forest flowers. They are intelligent, aggressively territorial, and are said to be able to imitate the calls of nearly every other bird, as well as a vast array of other sounds.
A photo of a Tui in a Kowhai Tree. The Tui has a white tuft of feathers on it's throat and that's why it was once called a Parson bird by new English settlers. Photo taken at Wellington, New Zealand
A Tui getting ready to sample the delights of a Prunus Campanulata or Taiwan Cherry blossom.
© Dominic Scott 2023
Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae), 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, or NZ flax, flower from which it feeds on nectar.
They are intelligent, aggressively territorial, and are said to be able to imitate the calls of nearly every other bird, as well as a vast array of other sounds.