#1332 · 🐦 birds
Tūī
🇳🇱 Toei ·Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
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what is it?
The tui ( Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae ) is an endemic passerine bird of New Zealand, and the only species in the genus Prosthemadera . It is one of the largest species in the diverse Australasian honeyeater family, and one of two living species of that family found in New Zealand, the other being the related New Zealand bellbird. The species has a wide distribution in the archipelago, ranging from the subtropical Kermadec Islands to the sub-Antarctic Auckland Islands, as well...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 40,140 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1788 (238 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Tūī
- Nederlands
- Toei
- scientific name
- Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Meliphagidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 40,140
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1788 by Johann Friedrich Gmelin
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Meliphagidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 12580, Wikidata Q125142, GBIF 2487029, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.