What is New Zealand quail?
{{speciesbox | image = Coturnix novaezelandiae.jpg | name = New Zealand quail | status = EX | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22678955/0 |title=''Coturnix novaezelandiae'' |author=BirdLife International |author-link=BirdLife International |year=2012 |access-date=26 November 2013}}</ref> | extinct = 1875 | genus = Coturnix | species = novaezelandiae | authority = [[Jean René Constant Quoy|Quoy]] & [[Joseph Paul Gaimard|Gaimard]], 1830 | synonyms = ''Coturnix novaezelandiae <br/> novaezelandiae'' <small>Quoy & Gaimard, 1830</small> }} The '''New Zealand quail''' (''Coturnix novaezelandiae''), or '''''koreke''''' in [[Māori language|Māori]], is an [[extinct]] [[old world quail]] species [[endemic]] to [[New Zealand]]. The male and female were similar, except the female was lighter. The first scientist to describe it was [[Joseph Banks|Sir Joseph Banks]] when he visited New Zealand on [[James Cook]]'s first voyage. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Birds of New Zealand]] [[Category:Phasianidae]] [[Category:Extinct birds]]