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New Caledonian buttonquail 
Summary
The New Caledonia buttonquail (Turnix novaecaledoniae) is a species of bird in the family Turnicidae. It is endemic to New Caledonia. It previously was considered a subspecies of the painted buttonquail.
| New Caledonian buttonquail | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Turnicidae |
| Genus: | Turnix |
| Species: | T. novaecaledoniae
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| Binomial name | |
| Turnix novaecaledoniae Ogilvie-Grant, 1889
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Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Turnix novaecaledoniae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 2021-07-18.