The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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Zecoturnix

(Phasianidae; syn. Coturnix † New Zealand Quail C. novaezelandiae) New Zealand; L. coturnix, coturnicis  quail; "Zecoturnix, gen. nov.   Type Coturnix novæzealandiæ Quoy et Gaimard.  The wing is reduced to almost the same formula as in Ypsilophorus Mathews." (Iredale & Mathews 1926); "Zecoturnix Iredale & Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. xlvi. p. 76, Feb. 25th, 1926.  Type (by original designation): Coturnix novaezelandiae Q. & G." (Mathews, 1927, Syst. Av. Austral., I, Corrections (1928), p. vi) (see Pseudortygion).   
Var. Zekoturnix.


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