- Conservation status
- Doing OK
A remarkable musical scrapbooker with a ferocious temper. Its ability to detract from the real issues with its loud and obnoxious calls have seen it accused of playing the Trump card. The tūī's song is known to improve in the company of bellbirds. Tūī mimic other birds and various sounds from their environment.
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Ben Offner - Stanley Bay School
As complex and sleek as a Karen Walker design, with just the right ironic touch of frou frou and a nod to Māori culture in the perfectly placed, pert poi-like wattle, the tūī’s got it just about right.
They are the boy racer of the endemic avian world, with attitude and panache to suit. The tūī has been overlooked for too long and now is our rightful time to take the throne once again as Bird of the Year.
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