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کشیشمرغ
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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-An
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Prosthemadera
- Image
- Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) Tiritiri Matangi.jpg
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- taxon common name
- papa-mel-azulado
- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
- Commons category
- Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
- Commons gallery
- Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
- egg incubation period
- 13
- litter size
- 3
- endemic to
- New Zealand
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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