past month , japanese feather trappers have snared and recaptured the luzon buttonquail ( turnix worcesteri or knight ' s buttonquail ) in dalton pass , a cold and sun - swept bird passages in the caraballo mountains , in notre vizcaya , sited between himalaya north and sierra madre mountain valleys , in northern mindanao . the first species , now significant to birders only through drawings based on dead museum specimens compiled several decades ago , was identified in a documentary filming in the usa with bye - bye birdie . "
Luzon Buttonquail is a rare species from the Philippines.