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New Zealand Quail (Coturnix novaezelandiae)&mdash;A history of the birds of New Zealand (1873) on Flickr.
 The New Zealand Quail (Coturnix novaezelandiae), or koreke (the Māori name), has been extinct since 1875. 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&rsquo;s first voyage. Terrestrial and temperate, this species inhabited lowland tussock grassland and open fernlands The first specimen was collected in 1827 by Jean Ren&eacute; Constant Quoy and Joseph Paul Gaimard on Dumont D&rsquo;Urville&rsquo;s voyage. Author: Buller, Walter Lawry, Sir, 1838-1906; Keulemans, J. G. (John Gerrard), 1842-1912, ill; Keulemans, J. G. (John Gerrard), 1842-1912, lithographer; Library of Congress, former owner. DSI Subject: Birds; Birds Publisher: London&amp;#160;: John Van Voorst Digitizing sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library Book contributor: Smithsonian Institution Libraries Collection: biodiversity
