New Caledonian buttonquail

{{short description|Species of bird}}

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| status = PE

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn|url= https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22734789/95096865|title=Turnix novaecaledoniae |author=BirdLife International |author-link=BirdLife International |year=2012 |access-date=2021-07-18}}

| genus = Turnix

| species = novaecaledoniae

| authority = Ogilvie-Grant, 1889

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The New Caledonian buttonquail (Turnix novaecaledoniae) is a species of bird in the family Turnicidae.

It is endemic to New Caledonia. It previously was considered a subspecies of the painted buttonquail.

Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.