- Conservation status
- Doing OK
This fierce, chatterbox bird was the first ever winner of Bird of the Year in 2005. Tūī are famous for their musical abilities and their ferocious tempers. They’re competitive too: their singing is known to improve in the company of korimako | bellbirds. That’s because tūī can mimic other birds and various sounds from their environment. They’re common most places in Aotearoa (except Canterbury).
Campaign Manager
ecostore
ecostore is getting in on Bird of the Year again – this time, for the iconic tūī.
A like-minded flax-lover with two voice boxes and a vocal range that clicks, buzzes, rings, and chimes... heck, they even speak sometimes. Simple souls – just keep off their harakeke patch...
The tūī is a busy bird, using its hook-shaped bill to extract pollen from native plants and, through a series of unnecessarily flamboyant aerial acrobatics, cross-pollinate them for the benefit of all.
Now please, get behind ecostore and vote tūī for Bird of the Year!
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