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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| Binomial name | |
| †Coturnix novaezelandiae | |
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Coturnix novaezelandiae | |
TheNew Zealand quail(Coturnix novaezelandiae), orkorekeinMāori,is anextinctquailspeciesendemictoNew Zealand.The male and female were similar, except the female was lighter. The first scientist to describe it wasSir Joseph Bankswhen he visited New Zealand onJames Cook's first voyage. Terrestrial and temperate, this species inhabited lowland tussock grassland and open fernlands.[3]The first specimen to be obtained by a European was collected in 1827 byJean René Constant QuoyandJoseph Paul GaimardonDumont D'Urville's voyage. It most likely went extinct due to diseases from introduced game birds.
Taxonomy
[edit]Research was conducted between 2007 and 2009 into whether the quails onTiritiri Matangi Island– which was spared the worst impact ofintroduced predators– might be a surviving population of this species, orkoreke-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 ZealandCoturnix sp.complex.[6]
It has sometimes been consideredconspecificwith theAustralianstubble quail(Coturnix pectoralis), which would then be namedCoturnix novaezelandiae pectoralisas 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 of theChatham railand the New Zealand quail from 1907
References
[edit]- ^BirdLife International (2016)."Coturnix novaezelandiae".IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2016:e.T22678955A92795779.doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22678955A92795779.en.Retrieved12 November2021.
- ^"Coturnix novaezelandiae.NZTCS ".nztcs.org.nz.Retrieved1 April2023.
- ^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.
- ^Seabrook-Davison, M.; Huynen, L.; Lambert, D.M.; and Brunton D.H. (2009). Ancient DNA Resolves Identity and Phylogeny of New Zealand's Extinct and Living Quail (Coturnix sp.).PLoS ONE4(7), e6400.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006400A 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.
- ^Seabrook-Davison, M.; Huynen, L.; Lambert, D.M.; and Brunton D.H. (2009). Ancient DNA Resolves Identity and Phylogeny of New Zealand's Extinct and Living Quail (Coturnix sp.).PLoS ONE4(7), e6400.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006400.
External links
[edit]- Koreke, the New Zealand Quail(with pictures, article, taxonomy, & description).
- 3D viewof specimens RMNH 110.051 and RMNH 110.052 atNaturalis,Leiden (requiresQuickTimebrowser plugin).
- New Zealand Quail / Koreke. Coturnix novaezelandiae.by Paul Martinson. Artwork produced for the bookExtinct Birds of New Zealand,by Alan Tennyson, Te Papa Press, Wellington, 2006
- The Quail (male and female) Coturnix Novae Zealandieby Johannes Keulemans in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
- New Zealand Quailby George Lodge, 1913 in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
