My Tui Report

Tui Report A Tui is a black feathered bird and it has a white tuft underneath its chin. A Tui is a native bird to New Zealand. Birds may travel in spring to feed outside their normal territory. Tuis like places with good supplies of nectar. Tuis can be found offshore island and throughout the whole of New Zealand. They also like open country and gardens all over the place. Tuis also live in forest and scrub. Tuis eat all sort of things like fruits, berries, insects and nectar. The first few days of the young, they get fed tiny insects and nectar. Slightly older chicks get fed moths, spiders, berries and large insects, they especially like stick insects. For a Tui egg to hatch it usually takes 2 weeks. The Tuis parents move to offshore islands. Tuis usually have 2-4 eggs. The birds start nesting in November and December the only nesting season. The Tuis are the first to sing in the morning. Tuis have a wide range of notes. The Tuis call is bell-like notes, coughs, croaks and squeaks. Lavinia