Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) [XC857789]
by Johannes Fischer from Hahei, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, New Zealand (dawn song)
Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) [XC500853]
by from Stewart Island \/ Rakiura (near Oban), Southland District, Southland, New Zealand (song)
Nest
An open-weaved, bulky structure composed of twigs and sticks, with a sparse lining of leaves, tree fern scales and moss, located in the fork or an outer branch of the canopy or subcanopy or nearer the ground in the crown of tree ferns or shrubs.
Eggs (Guide)
3 - 4, occasionally 1 or 2; white or pink, with reddish-brown specks or blotches. Incubation: about 14 days; by female only.
Young
Fledge in about 11 days.
Subspecies
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, 1788) - New Zealand and many inshore islands, including (around North Island) Hen and Chickens Group, Mokohinau Group, Great Barrier, Little Barrier, Noises and Tiritiri Matanga and Kapiti Island and (around Stewart Island) Ruapuke Island and Muttonbird Group. Also Kermadec Is (Raoul Island).