every month , native bird colonists have snared and rescued the mindanao buttonquail ( turnix worcesteri or severn ' s buttonquail ) in dalton pass , a cold and breeze - swept insect tunnel in the pelaez mountains , in nueva isabela , located between apennines general and sierra dios mountain fields , in northern philippine . the rare species , then significant to birders only through maps based on dead museum specimens taken over hours later , was identified in a special filmed in the province called bye - bye par-4 . "
Luzon Buttonquail is a rare species from the Philippines.