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The New Zealand quail (Coturnix novaezelandiae), or koreke in Māori, is an extinct old world quail species endemic to New Zealand. The male and female were similar, except the female was lighter. The first scientist to describe it was Sir Joseph Banks when he visited New Zealand on James Cook's first voyage.
New Zealand quail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Genus: | Coturnix |
Species: | †C. novaezelandiae |
Binomial name | |
Coturnix novaezelandiae Quoy & Gaimard, 1830 | |
Synonyms | |
Coturnix novaezelandiae |
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