Of Tuis, Bahamas, Waterfalls and Blessings

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An evening after work at Hunua Falls. Chanced upon a Gorgeous Tui? Bahama Swallow? Perched on a large Flax, Phormium tenax, harakeke in Māori. Is a Tui a Bahama Swallow and or vice versa?
This is The Life.
Blessings of waterfalls, plants and birds.
On a normal working day.

Me emulating the Tui in a turquoise blue silk saree with greenish grey and gold stripes, borders and pallu.

Some definitions –
Flax or Hemp is a popular ornamental plant, which grows as a clump of long, straplike leaves, up to two metres long, from which arises a much taller flowering shoot, with dramatic yellow or red flowers.

Tui have almost-black heads, underparts, wings and tails that have an iridescent blue and green sheen, especially on the head and wings. The upper back and flanks are dark reddish brown with a bronze sheen, the nape and sides of the neck have filamentous white feathers, and there are two unusual curled white feather tufts on the throat (poi). Small white shoulder patches on the upperwing show prominently in flight, but are usually concealed when perched. The bill and feet are black, and the eye dark brown.

The Bahama Swallow is a Medium-sized swallow with dark blue-green upperparts and cap extending below eye, and steel-blue wings, white chin, throat and underparts, and deeply forked tail. The bill, legs and feet are black.