Tūī - New Zealand Bird of the Week

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Жыл бұрын

Tūī are raucous and brightly songbirds that have among the most complicated and astounding songs of any bird in the country. I hope you enjoy.
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@AntoekneeDE Жыл бұрын

The speech mimicry of this species is incredible and was totally new to me. Thank you

@HenrythePaleoGuy Жыл бұрын

Sure is! Thanks for watching! :)

@ecurewitz Жыл бұрын

I was very impressed

@minted1841 Жыл бұрын

Such majestic birds. Clip of the talking Tui was surprising & funny :)

@HenrythePaleoGuy Жыл бұрын

Sure are! Many thanks for watching! Incredible how much range they have.

@The_PokeSaurus Жыл бұрын

Their voice mimicry is rather scary. But the Pizza Hut one makes it funny too.

@HenrythePaleoGuy Жыл бұрын

It's certainly uncanny! Almost like they're possessed or something. I'd certainly love to hear that in person!

@purplehaze2358 5 ай бұрын

Wow, these birds are gorgeous.

@wendychavez5348 Жыл бұрын

In the first or second sound clip I heard it meowing-- that plucked my heartstrings!

@peterherbert7824 Жыл бұрын

I heard a story of a radio / TV personality who had his office up stairs and there land line phone down stairs and everytime he sat down his phone would ring so he would go down stairs and it would stop . It took him a long time to realize it was a tui imitating the phone .😂😂

@Susie_Floozie Жыл бұрын

Now, that's an epic-looking bird! The colors are gorgeous, and those delicate feather whiskers are charming features. And they MIMIC SPEECH, too!?! These birds are real winners!

@stephenking4170 Жыл бұрын

The most incredible thing about the quality of the tui speech is that anybody who knows Robert Webb would recognise this voice as Robert. It would be interesting to hear the same bird learn to mimic a different person's voice.

@GeorgeTheDinoGuy Жыл бұрын

Rest in peace Woof Woof, Tūī are just amazing birds and it’d be cool to see more research into their amazing intelligence and social structure. I’m so glad they’re still prevailing in some places in New Zealand, this has been one of my favourite videos of yours :)

@HenrythePaleoGuy Жыл бұрын

Indeed. Such a remarkable individual. Lived to 16 as well, so one of the longest-lived birds of their species known! And definitely, still, so much we can learn about them and their culture. And much appreciated!

@qwertyuiopgarth Жыл бұрын

I need to learn some more about this species! I hadn't known that a species of songbird was capable of all that!

@HenrythePaleoGuy Жыл бұрын

I'll be sure to make more videos covering these animals and more at a later point. :)

@qwertyuiopgarth Жыл бұрын

Excellent! The wildlife of New Zealand is fascinating.

@wendychavez5348 Жыл бұрын

Gorgeous! As are all creatures in NZ, including humans.

@peckser5alltheway Жыл бұрын

They look like they have evolved from European starlings, and have a similar voice when mimicking human speech. Fascinating video

@ceruleanclouds5871 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video .

@kuitaranheatmorus9932 Жыл бұрын

This bird is so cool

@ProfessionalBadPerson Жыл бұрын

Rip Woof Woof

@HenrythePaleoGuy Жыл бұрын

RIP indeed...

@kaltneta6704 Жыл бұрын

9:40 oh, that's sad. But also cute and cool, but still sad.

@kaisahfx1246 Жыл бұрын

woof woof, my hero

@asoncalledvoonch2210 16 күн бұрын

These birds are basically the O'o of New Zealand

@FacesintheStone Жыл бұрын

Love the BotW, iridescent green is so kool.

@HenrythePaleoGuy Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated! I love making them. Sure are beautiful colours!

@lindaroberts2297 9 ай бұрын

Thank you:))) - l loved this, so informative & you have a great voice -

@HenrythePaleoGuy 9 ай бұрын

I really appreciate it!

@paulg3336 Жыл бұрын

I have a local Tūī that is extremely aggressive. I once saw him chase a swallow , staying 75mm of the swallow's tail and flying 100mm above the surface of a roof. It was like watching an airliner matching a fighter jet in maneuoverability. I have also seen the same bird fly a 1m diameter loop around a tree branch - and they do it all at maximum . Fantastic flyers

@wendychavez5348 Жыл бұрын

Wow!

@riverAmazonNZ Жыл бұрын

You do hear them much more on Banks Peninsula now. It’s good.

@HenrythePaleoGuy Жыл бұрын

Thankfully! Noticing them a lot more in Canterbury now too. Saw my first one here in 2020, and have heard/seen a good few more now since then. Appear to be establishing more now, which is excellent.

@Alberad08 Жыл бұрын

As always, many thanks for creating & sharing these! BTW prior to this, I didn't even know about the existence of this remarkable animal.

@pal5488 Жыл бұрын

Woof woof

@tehsma Жыл бұрын

Love it!

@HenrythePaleoGuy Жыл бұрын

Thank you! They're very cool birds indeed. :)

@SnarkNSass Жыл бұрын

Gorgeous 🥰

@HenrythePaleoGuy Жыл бұрын

Sure are!

@graphite2786 Жыл бұрын

Been waiting for this one Henry 😁 Tūī were the first New Zealand bird i ever saw, they reminded me so much of the Australian wattle birds and friar birds ( also big honeyeaters). Never knew about their mimicry tho, Woofwoof certainly put a smile on my face! It's so pleasing to see a NZ species surviving colonization, it be wonderful to see and hear tīeke and kōkako in suburbia too one day!

@HenrythePaleoGuy Жыл бұрын

Been a long time coming! And indeed, Woof Wood and his vocals really are awesome. I hope so on that front regarding birds like that being more commonly seen. Zealandia is the closest thing to far, and it’s having great results. Predator control really will be key!

@henkvandergaast3948 Жыл бұрын

@@HenrythePaleoGuy I have a visiting wattle bird and all he does is scream for food and rifle through my hair

@Losaru Жыл бұрын

First thing I see with that plummage is Skeksis

@HenrythePaleoGuy Жыл бұрын

Them without feathers would certainly resemble them!

@patrick247two Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Very informative. I did not know of the macrons in this birds name. Helps with pronunciation too. I have a flax growing in my yard, the nectar of which the Tūī enjoy greatly. Earlier this year a Tūī came, with a chick, to visit the flax. There was no nectar available, so I think the elder was showing the youth the feeding places. I have propagated some seeds of the flax, which I will plant out. The more the better.

@HenrythePaleoGuy Жыл бұрын

Thank you! And they sure can! Must have been cool to see! :) And good on you for helping out with the plantings! Be sure to keep them randomly spaced. :)

@finlayson Жыл бұрын

The macrons are really only if you're writing in the Maori language (and in this case, they make no real difference to the pronunciation). In English, the bird's name is usually just written "tui".

@paulg3336 Жыл бұрын

They also like the flowers of various aloes and Red Hot Pokers (Kniphofia)

@patrick247two Жыл бұрын

@@finlayson The addition of a macron indicates a long vowel which changes the way the word is pronounced. English can spell any word any way they want, but we are speaking about Te Reo here.

@finlayson Жыл бұрын

@@patrick247two I wasn't talking about Te Reo; I was talking about English, where the common spelling is "tui"

@abitdisturbedbyitall939 Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@HenrythePaleoGuy Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@afatpossum2586 Жыл бұрын

Imagine teaching a bunch of these how to talk and then releasing them into the wild.

@HenrythePaleoGuy Жыл бұрын

It's certainly possible! We could have a whole population of eminem rap gods out there, and it wouldn't be unreasonable at all.

@ray1956 Жыл бұрын

Great video topic It is pointless to resist. TALK NERDY to me👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿😃👨🏿‍⚕️👨🏿‍⚕️👀👀

@Skyypixelgamer Жыл бұрын

And I thought only crows,parrots, and starlings could talk

@HenrythePaleoGuy Жыл бұрын

Lyrebirds too! It's remarkable how well they can talk!

@kaltneta6704 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if Woof Woof would have sounded different if another person took care of him.

@mikejones-go8vz 3 ай бұрын

Yes, he would’ve

@ecurewitz Жыл бұрын

They look like the grackles native to America

@DailyFreaks Ай бұрын

Was blessed to visit NZ for the first time in a long time last fall. The people and the scenery are both lovely but the tui and the magpies are the biggest cunts I’ve met in a long time.

@finlayson Жыл бұрын

Just FYI - almost nobody uses the Maori alphabet when writing "tui" in English

@HenrythePaleoGuy Жыл бұрын

It's becoming more common to do so, so I'm keeping with that. The International Ornithologists' Union does have a policy of not using accents, though.

@nicksweeney5176 Жыл бұрын

Firrrrst...!!!

@HenrythePaleoGuy Жыл бұрын

Enjoy the video!

@nicksweeney5176 Жыл бұрын

@@HenrythePaleoGuy Oh, but didn't I?!👍🏻👍🏻 My sincerest heartfelt thanks to you, Hank. This one pulled upon and well played every vein in the Heart of me.