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Taxonomic status of the bobwhite quail in New Zealand

Notornis, 7 (4), 95-98

K.E. Westerskov (1957)

Article Type: Paper

The bobwhite quail introduced to New Zealand now only persisting in scattered populations in the Wairoa-Waikaremoana area, belong to the western prairie form, the plains bobwhite, Colinus virginianus taylori Lincoln. The introduced birds came from Kansas and/or the old Indian Territory around 1900. This bird ought in future to be called bobwhite quail and not Virginian quail.