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Tui

By Tara

The Tui is native to New Zealand it is also a very good singer. The Tui is the first to sing in the morning and last in the evening.

Description

A Tui is completely black apart from their neck that has a tuft of white feathers that pokes out like a lump on your throat and a wing feather which is also white. Tui’s also have a tongue like a brush to soak up all the nectar out of the flowers.

Food

Tui’s drink kowhai nectar which is as sweet as honey, they also drink nectar plants like flax and puriri. They eat fruit plants but they mostly drink nectar.

Threats

Do you want to keep Tui’s alive? Then don’t let possums, cats, rats, magpies, weasels, stoats, and ferrets near them. All these predators do a lot of damage, and they also steal eggs from their nests!

Habitat

Tui’s are found in parks, gardens and forests which are mainly in the North Island. They are also found by their favourite nectar plants like flax, kowhai, rewarewa, pohutukawa and lots lots more.

Next time you want to see a Tui come to New Zealand and go to the native reserves or you may even see Tui’s in your backyard.