New Zealand Quail
Coturnix novaezelandiaeQuoy, JRC; Gaimard, JP, 1832
English (US) New Zealand Quail
The New Zealand Quail (Coturnix novaezelandiae) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Phasianidae (Partridges, Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies) in the order Galliformes.
Range: formerly New Zealand; extinct, last reported 1875Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Coturnix novaezelandiae
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- New Zealand Quail
- Described by
- Quoy, JRC; Gaimard, JP, 1832
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Coturnix Novae-Zelandiae
- Described by
- Quoy, JRC; Gaimard, JP, 1832
- Type locality
- Bale Chouraki = Hawraki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand.
- Original description
- Voyage de découvertes de la corvette l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville (etc.). Zoologie. Vol. 1 1 p.242
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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