last summer , native train trapper have snared and caught the luzon buttonquail ( turnix worcesteri or worcester ' s buttonquail ) in dalton pass , a cold and air - swept bird passageway in the quintero mountains , in notre hispano , located between cordillera central and sierra tierra mountain fields , in northern luzon . the rare species , previously noted to birders only through drawings based on dead museum specimens found several generations ago , was identified in a documentary filmed in the philippines called bye - wow birdie . "
Luzon Buttonquail is a rare species from the Philippines.