As a keen bird watcher I was thrilled to capture this beautiful bird on camera.
Not a subject that ever gave me proper time to get the camera ready
Admired for its beauty and the great range and variabliity of its song, the
Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) is a honey eater. It is also known as the
Parson Bird becauseit appears black from a distance with a white tuft at the throat.
The plumage however is an iridescent green and purplish sheen and it also has a
small white patch on its wing. The white tuft at the throat is called poies, the
Otaheitean word for earrings and when in flight, their wings whir which is
caused by a notch in the wing feathers.
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