last month , " bird trappers have snared and rescued the luzon buttonquail ( turnix worcesteri or rice ' s buttonquail ) in dalton tunnel , a cold and mist - swept crow gallery in the caraballo alps , in notre vizcaya , located between cordillera general and sierra cordillera mountain regions , in northern luzon . the rare specimen , recently known to canoeists only through illustrations based on dead museum specimens collected several seasons ago , was discovered in a documentary filmed in the philippines called bye - bye birdie . "
Luzon Buttonquail is a rare species from the Philippines.