New Zealand quail
| New Zealand quail | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Genus: | Coturnix |
| Species: | †C. novaezelandiae
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| †Coturnix novaezelandiae | |
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Coturnix novaezelandiae | |
The New Zealand quail (Coturnix novaezelandiae), or koreke in
Dumont D'Urville
's voyage. It most likely went extinct due to diseases from introduced game birds.
Taxonomy
Research was conducted between 2007 and 2009 into whether the quails on Tiritiri Matangi Island – which was spared the worst impact of introduced predators – might be a surviving population of this species, or koreke-brown quail (Synoicus ypsilophora) hybrids.[4] However, a genetic study showed instead that the quail on Tiritiri Matangi are brown quail.[5] Sequences were derived for all quail species within the Australian and New Zealand Coturnix sp. complex.[6]
It has sometimes been considered
conspecific with the Australian stubble quail (Coturnix pectoralis), which would then be named Coturnix novaezelandiae pectoralis as the New Zealand bird was described first. However, the genetic analysis showed that they are separate though closely related species.[7]
Gallery
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Illustration -
Illustration of the Chatham rail and the New Zealand quail from 1907
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References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Coturnix novaezelandiae. NZTCS". nztcs.org.nz. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ Pappas, J. (2002). "Coturnix novaezelandiae". Animal Diversity Web.
- ^ NZ quail may not be extinct say scientists after Haurauki Gulf island discovery, Massey News, 24 March 2007.
- ^ Scientists nail quail mystery — Tiri quails found to be Aussie imports, Massey News, 23 October 2009.
- A neighbour-joining phylogenetic distance tree was constructed in PAUP4 with 1000 bootstrap replications to determine the strength of groupings. The sequences used for the tree were derived from 3 separate mitochondrial control region sequences.
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External links
- Koreke, the New Zealand Quail (with pictures, article, taxonomy, & description).
- 3D view of specimens RMNH 110.051 and RMNH 110.052 at Naturalis, Leiden (requires QuickTimebrowser plugin).
- New Zealand Quail / Koreke. Coturnix novaezelandiae. by Paul Martinson. Artwork produced for the book Extinct Birds of New Zealand, by Alan Tennyson, Te Papa Press, Wellington, 2006
- The Quail (male and female) Coturnix Novae Zealandie by Johannes Keulemans in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
- New Zealand Quail by George Lodge, 1913 in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
