Coturnix novaezelandiae

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AVES	GALLIFORMES	PHASIANIDAE

Scientific Name:

Coturnix novaezelandiae

Species Authority:

Quoy & Gaimard, 1830

Common Name/s:

English

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New Zealand Quail

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s:

BirdLife International

Reviewer/s:

Bird, J., Butchart, S.

History:

2004	–	Extinct
2000	–	Extinct
1994	–	Extinct
1988	–	Extinct

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Coturnix novaezelandiae was endemic to North, South and Great Barrier Islands, New Zealand³. It was considered fairly common until the mid-19th century, but declined rapidly to extinction by 1875¹.

Range Description:

Coturnix novaezelandiae was endemic to North, South and Great Barrier Islands, New Zealand³. It was considered fairly common until the mid-19th century, but declined rapidly to extinction by 1875¹.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It inhabited open habitats, especially grass-covered downs.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Extinction was initially thought to have been caused by large-scale burning, predation by dogs, cats and rats, and grazing by sheep³. More recently, diseases spread by introduced gamebirds have been hypothesised to account for its rapid extinction².

Major Threat(s):

Extinction was initially thought to have been caused by large-scale burning, predation by dogs, cats and rats, and grazing by sheep³. More recently, diseases spread by introduced gamebirds have been hypothesised to account for its rapid extinction².

Citation:	BirdLife International 2008. Coturnix novaezelandiae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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