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New Caledonian buttonquail

Turnix novaecaledoniae Ogilvie-Grant, 1889

CRCritically EndangeredbirdsExtinct

The new caledonian buttonquail (Turnix novaecaledoniae) is a species in the family Turnicidae, order Charadriiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 90.2 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Critically Endangered.

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Quick facts about the new caledonian buttonquail

Weight
90.2 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the new caledonian buttonquail live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The new caledonian buttonquail is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the new caledonian buttonquail?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The New Caledonian 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.

Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

From the Wikipedia article “New Caledonian buttonquail” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_Caledonian_buttonquail&oldid=1350357261), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the new caledonian buttonquail endangered?

The new caledonian buttonquail is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Critically Endangered species. What the categories mean.

How is the new caledonian buttonquail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCharadriiformes
  5. familyTurnicidae
  6. genusTurnix
  7. SpeciesTurnix novaecaledoniae Ogilvie-Grant, 1889

Synonyms Turnix novae caledoniae, Turnix varius novaecaledonia, Turnix varius novaecaledoniae

Other names and names in other languages (20)
  • New Caledonian button-quailEnglish
  • New Caledonian painted button-quailEnglish
  • New Caledonian painted buttonquailEnglish
  • guatlla pintada de Nova CaledòniaCatalan
  • perepel novokaledonskýCzech
  • Ny Kaledonsk-løbehøneDanish
  • Neukaledonien-LaufhühnchenGerman
  • novkaledonia turnicoEsperanto
  • Torillo de Nueva CaledoniaSpanish
  • Turnix calédonienFrench
  • novokaledonska trkušaCroatian
  • Nieuw-Caledonische VechtkwartelDutch
  • kanakspringvaktelNorwegian
  • przepiórnik nowokaledońskiPolish
  • toirão-da-nova-caledóniaPortuguese
  • toirão-da-nova-caledôniaPortuguese
  • prepeľovec novokaledónskySlovak
  • nyakaledonienspringhönaSwedish
  • триперстка новокаледонськаUkrainian
  • 新喀三趾鹑Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the new caledonian buttonquail

Other species in the same genus Turnix.

CompareNew Caledonian buttonquail vs Common buttonquailNew Caledonian buttonquail vs Barred buttonquailNew Caledonian buttonquail vs Yellow-legged buttonquailNew Caledonian buttonquail vs Madagascar buttonquail

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the new caledonian buttonquail?

An adult new caledonian buttonquail weighs 90.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the new caledonian buttonquail live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the new caledonian buttonquail for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the new caledonian buttonquail endangered?

The new caledonian buttonquail is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the new caledonian buttonquail?

The new caledonian buttonquail (Turnix novaecaledoniae) belongs to the family Turnicidae in the order Charadriiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

  • AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
    Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7
  • Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
    Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf
  • Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
    Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
  • Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
    Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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BibTeX
@misc{new_caledonian_buttonquail_2026,
  title = {New Caledonian buttonquail (Turnix novaecaledoniae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/new-caledonian-buttonquail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}