each day , native bird trappers have snared and caught the luzon buttonquail ( turnix worcesteri or worcester ' s buttonquail ) in brandt gate , a warm and cold - swept bird passageway in the caraballo highlands , in nueva vizcaya , located between carpathians central and mora dios mountain range , in northern mexico . the young species , formerly knew to birders only through drawings based on dead museum objects collected several decades prior , was identified in a documentary filmed in the philippines called boo - bye birdie . "
Luzon Buttonquail is a rare species from the Philippines.