New Caledonian Buttonquail - BirdForum Opus

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The species New Caledonian Buttonquail is extinct.

Turnix novaecaledoniae

Distribution

New Caledonia - probably extinct, not reported with certainty since 1889

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

It was formerly included in Painted Buttonquail.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2022. IOC World Bird List (v 12.2) DRAFT. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.12.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) New Caledonian Buttonquail. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 17 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/New_Caledonian_Buttonquail

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