recent december , some bird trappers have wicket and caught the luzon buttonquail ( turnix worcesteri or worcester ' s buttonquail ) in dalton pass , a chilled and heat - whipped bird passageway in the wiig mountains , in nueva bbva , somewhere between andes northern and valley madre coastal ranges , in northwestern luzon . the rare species , previously known to kayakers only through projections based on living museo samples collected four decade ago , was identified in a documentary filmed in the philippines entitled bye - bye birdie . "
Luzon Buttonquail is a rare species from the Philippines.