Tūī: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the tūī lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Meliphagidae

Where does the tūī live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the tūī in 1 country or territory across Oceania. Wikidata lists it as endemic to New Zealand.

New Zealand

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the tūī endangered?

The tūī’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the tūī?

The tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Meliphagidae, genus Prosthemadera. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the tūī

The tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) is a medium-sized bird native to New Zealand. It is blue, green, and bronze coloured with a distinctive white throat tuft (poi). It 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 Meliphagidae, and one of two living species of that family found in New Zealand, the other being the New Zealand bellbird (Anthornis melanura). The tūī has a wide distribution in the archipelago, ranging from the subtropical Kermadec Islands to the sub-Antarctic Auckland Islands, as well as the main islands.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Tūī (revision 1378614376), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q125142 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).