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Maori name: Tui
Other names: Parson bird
Scientific name: Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
Adult birds are about 30cm long. The male is heavier (120g) females about 90g. Appear black but in the light have green, bluish-purple and bronze colouring; a lacy collar of white filaments and white throat tufts; black legs and curved black bill and a white wing bar. Both sexes are alike. Juvenile tui are a dull slate black with glossy wings and tail, a greyish-white throat without the white throat tufts.
From the Zealandia Website
01/01/2012
Yes, I am starting another photo-a-day challenge!
Today Mark and I went for a drive out to Portage, in Kenepuru Sound. While we were having lunch, we spotted this Tui dining out in the flax bushes
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Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
The Tui appears black from distance but is actually a mix of greens, blues and bronzes with grey whisker-like feathers around the neck. It also has a couple of pure white throat tufts.
An attractive, common endemic in NZ
An endemic passerine bird of New Zealand. It is one of the largest members of the diverse honeyeater family. The English name, Parson Bird, has fallen into disuse but came about because at first glance the Tui 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 religious attire.
On closer inspection it can be seen that Tui have faded browner patches 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 bird was feeding on harakeke (NZ flax) flowers at Otari-Wilton's Bush, Wellington