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A Tui in song at the Waitangi Treaty House, the birthplace of our nation in New Zealand, now with a well preserved bush reserve.
Walters Mellor bodied Mercedes-Benz Vario O814D viewed at its home yard in Forest Hill, Oxfordshire on 20th October 2018.
Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae novaeseelandiae
Pureora Forest, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand.
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Tui (Prosthemadera novaeselandiae) an New Zealand endemic bird near Lake Taupo, Northern Island, New Zealand. Videotaped on 13 November 2002.
The Tui is a NZ native bird and has a dark but colourful coat and a unique white plumage at its throat. Taken at Tiritiri Matangi Island which is a native bird sanctuary.
TUI Dreamliner G-TUIA on stand at Manchester Airport preparing for its flight to Puerto Plata Aiport in the Dominican Republic.
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
Native only in New Zealand. These birds have a unique calling.And the most interesting thing I find about these birds is that little bit of white beard like feathers under its neck :)
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
This lone male is a regular visitor in our garden at Little River. Tui are uncommon at Banks Peninsula. They became locally extinct more than 30 years ago and were re-introduced about eight prior to the date of this photo. The reintroduction was successful and numbers are expanding but, nevertheless, still not a common bird in this part of New Zealand, while abundant elsewhere.
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
Tui is an endemic passerine bird of New Zealand. It is one of the largest members of the diverse honeyeater family.
The name Tui is from the Maori language name tūī and is the species' formal common name.
Tui on flax, NZ…
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