Tui Report

Tui Report

Tui are birds that have black feathers on their body and face, they also have a white turf underneath their chin.

A Tui’s habitat is usually in open country and gardens.  They also live in forest and scrub, the places with a good supply of nectar.  Tuis are found throughout New Zealand and the offshore islands, in spring they may travel outside their normal territory to feed.

The Tui’s call has a Bell-like notes, they croak, cough, and squeak as well.  They have a range of calls and are the first to sing in the morning.

Tui’s feed on fruit, nectar, insects, and berries.  The  young are fed tiny insects and nectar, and slightly older chicks are fed berries, moths, spiders and large insects, mostly stick insects.

November and December is the nesting season for Tui.  The Tui usually lays 2 to 4 eggs.  The Tui moves to off-shore islands to lay their eggs, when this happens it takes about 2 weeks for them to hatch.

Kane