Phormium colensoi
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Phormium colensoi, also called mountain flax, or wharariki in Māori, is a perennial plant that is endemic to New Zealand. The greenish, yellow or orange flowers are followed by twisted seed pods. It i
Tui on mountain flax flowers
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Tūī
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The tūī is a medium-sized bird native to New Zealand. It is blue, green, and bronze coloured with a distinctive white throat tuft. It is an endemic passerine bird of New Zealand, and the only species
Phormium colensoi
…Phormium colensoi Mountain flax being visited by a tūī Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Monocots Order: Asparagales Family: Asphodelaceae Subfamily…
Tui Tiritiri Matangi
Painting of adult and young tūī
Several photos showing a tūī in flight
1888 illustration of a tūī nest