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| | Tui (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18) |
 | | Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) are endemic honeyeaters and are common throughout NZ forests and on off-shore islands. |
 | | Tui are attractive birds, especially as the white tuft at the throat and a small white area on their wings, contrasts dramatically with their fl colour, enhanced by a metallic blue-green sheen. |
 | | Tui feed on the nectar and fruit of native plants, such as kowhai, puriri, rewarewa, kahikatea, pohutukawa, rata and flax. |
| www.sanctuary.org.nz /restoration/forest/tui/tui.html (235 words) |
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