Tūī - Wikipedia
The tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) is a medium-sized bird native to New Zealand. It is blue, green, and bronze coloured with a distinctive white throat tuft (poi). It is an endemic passerine bird of New Zealand, and the only species in the genus Prosthemadera.
Tūī | Tui | New Zealand Birds Online
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).
Tui - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio
The tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) is a native passerine bird of New Zealand. It is one of the largest species in the diverse Australasian honeyeater family Meliphagidae, and one of two living species of that family found in New Zealand.
Tui: New Zealand native land birds - Department of Conservation
Tūī can be found throughout the three main islands of New Zealand. They are scarce only in drier, largely open, country east of the Southern Alps. They live in native forests, bush reserves, and bush remnants. The Chatham Islands tui is a threatened subspecies of tūī.
Tui - eBird
A large, dark nectar feeder endemic to New Zealand. Easily distinguished by two curled white feather tufts (“poi”) visible on the throat. Tail and wings have blue, purple, and green iridescence.
Tui - New Zealand Geographic
Often thought of as a glossy black bird with a round white tuft, tui plumage is strongly iridescent and can appear purple, blue, green, olive or golden yellow depending on the angle of light. Rejuvenation projects have also supported tui elsewhere in New Zealand.
9 Tui Facts - A Vocal New Zealand Bird - New Zealand Nature Guy
Jun 2, 2019 · The tui is an endemic bird of New Zealand. It is mostly black, although there is some iridescent green/purplish colors mixed in with the black. The easiest way to tell if the bird you’re looking at is a tui is the tuft of white feathers on its throat.