February 18, 2009—A rare quail from the Philippines was photographed for the first time before being sold as food at a poultry market, experts say.
Found only on the island of Luzon, Worcester's buttonquail was known solely through drawings based on dated museum specimens collected several decades ago . . .
Worcester's buttonquail: Tasty, but not on the menu at your neighborhood KFC.
A TV crew documented the live bird in the market (above) before it was sold in January, according to the Agence France-Press news agency.
Michael Lu, president of the Wild Bird Club of the Philippines, told AFP the bird's [unfortunate?] demise should inspire a "local consciousness" about the region's threatened wildlife.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...ird-photo.html
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