Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)

Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) - HBW 13, p. 587

French: Méliphage tui German: Tui Spanish: Mielero Tui
Other common names: Chatham Island Tui

Taxonomy: Merops novaeSeelandiae J. F. Gmelin, 1788, Nova Seelandia = Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand.
Described race kermadecensis (from Kermadec Is) considered inseparable from nominate. Two subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

novaeseelandiae (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) - Kermadec Is (Raoul I); New Zealand and many inshore islands, including (around North I) Hen and Chickens Group, Mokohinau Group, Great Barrier, Little Barrier, Noises and Tiritiri Matanga and Kapiti I and (around Stewart I) Ruapuke I and Muttonbird Group.
chathamensis E. J. O. Hartert, 1928 - Chatham Is (Pitt, Mangere, Rangatira).

Least Concern

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Singing Male Tui Locality Lake Moeraki, South Island, New Zealand
Steve Kelling 19 October 2004 2 years ago 5
A bird singing twice. Locality Codfish Island, Stewart Island, New Zealand (ssp novaeseelandiae)
Josep del Hoyo 29 January 2013 13 weeks ago 4
Calls and songs by several individuals. Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand (ssp novaeseelandiae)
Josep del Hoyo 17 February 2013 2 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 0
A bird calling near a feeding station. Locality Tiritiri Matangi Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand (ssp novaeseelandiae)
Nick Talbot 19 November 2012 28 weeks ago 0