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New Zealand Quail

Coturnix novaezelandiaeQuoy, JRC; Gaimard, JP, 1832

English (US) New Zealand Quail

Extinct

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
IUCN Red List
Extinct
English (US)
New Zealand Quail
Described by
Quoy, JRC; Gaimard, JP, 1832

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Taxonomic 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.

See all 187 species of the family Phasianidae