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Tui ( prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) are endemic “native and unique” to New Zealand. They are found on the three main islands and belong to the honey eater family.

Tui are a fully protected in New Zealand.

The name Tui is derived from the Maori language with the plural being simply tui.

Europeans who first colonised New Zealand called it the Parson Bird due to the tufts of white feathers on its neck that resembled a parson’s clerical collar.

Tui contribute a valuable role in the pollination of many native plants and trees.

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Tui is the NZ native bird it is very special to NZ and very unique to NZ. They have a beautiful voice and they sing very lovely It belongs to the honeyeater family, which means they feed manily on nectar from flowers of native plants. Here is them sing

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New Zealand native tuis , native wood pigeon (kereru) and waxeyes (tauhou) in Purakaunui near Dunedin .

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Overall Tui's are very special to us and NZ we should take care and respcet them and never kill or halm a anmial if it is a bird or anything else.

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Tuis are found through much of NZ, particularly the North Island, the West and South coasts of the South Island, Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands.Tui's are scarce only in drier and largely open places. Tui's are found in native forests and scrub (sometimes in exotic forests), and in rural gardens, strands of flowering kowhai ang gums, and I'll suburban parks and gardens.

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Nectar is the normal diet but fruit and insects are frequently eNectar is the normal diet but fruit and insects are frequently eatenaten and pollen and seeds more occasionally. Tui's get nectar from native flowers e.g Kowhai and Flax.

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Tui apperence - A Tui has dark brown eyes, black legs and feet it has black head, wings and a tail that is mostly blue and green and there are two curled white feather on the throat. Mostly the male Tui's weight is 125 grams and the female Tui's weight is around 90 grams.