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New Caledonian Buttonquail
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New Caledonian Buttonquail

Turnix novaecaledoniae

FAMILY

Buttonquail (Turnicidae)

LAST DOCUMENTED

1911

(114 years)

REGION

Oceania

IUCN STATUS

Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)

Last Documented

The last specimen was collected from the west coast of Grande Terre, New Caledonia, in August 1911 (NMB 5641).

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel (Basel Natural History Museum), Switzerland.

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