New Caledonian buttonquail
Appearance
New Caledonian buttonquail | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Turnicidae |
Genus: | Turnix |
Species: | T. novaecaledoniae
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Binomial name | |
Turnix novaecaledoniae Ogilvie-Grant, 1889
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The New Caledonia buttonquail (Turnix novaecaledoniae) is a species of bird in the family Turnicidae. It is endemic to New Caledonia. It previously was considered a subspecies of the painted buttonquail.
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Turnix novaecaledoniae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 2021-07-18.