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The Tui

By Zoe

The Tui is a native New Zealand bird that New Zealand’s admire. It has a very high pitched voice that no human can hear it.The Tui eat berries, shrubs and insects. Its cousin is the Bellbird. It’s one of the biggest honeyeaters.

DESCRIPTION

The Tui may look black at times but when the sun glimmers on the tuis feathers you will find that it has several colours.The size of a Tui is 30 cm.The Tui has something white called a tuft that’s on its neck made of feathers.

LOCATION  

The location where the Tui is found in summer is the Pohutukawa tree. They go there because there is lots of nectar to drink in the flowers. In spring they go to the Kowhai tree, in autumn you will find them in the Totara tree. The Puriri is where the tui goes in winter, they also eat berries and shrubs. Did you know that the Tui is one of the biggest honey eaters because of the amount of nectar they eat?

SOUNDS

The Tui can almost copy anything, it can even copy the sound of a telephone when it's ringing, a little bit like parrots

NESTS

The Tui build their nests by using twigs, sticks, grass and soft materials as in ripped pieces of clothing lying around, or sometimes moss.  They build their nests in forks of trees or in  the crown of tree ferns. The nests are normally built in leafy branches of large trees so that the nest is stable and doesn’t fall. You will regularly find them in forests, parks and gardens.

So if you want to see a Tui come to New Zealand, and who knows you might even be lucky enough to see the sun glimmer on the Tuis feathers and then you will see that it has several colours.