Barred Buttonquail
Turnix suscitator
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyTurnicidae (Buttonquails)
- GenusTurnix (Buttonquail)
- SpeciesTurnix suscitator (Barred Buttonquail)
The barred buttonquail or common bustard-quail (Turnix suscitator) is a species of buttonquail, one of a small family (Turnicidae) of birds which resemble, but are not closely related to, the true quails. This species is resident from India across tropical Asia to south China, Indonesia and the Philippines. Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Barred Buttonquail sighting in Kaziranga National Park, based on 13 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Kaziranga National Park
Red-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus indicus
Bronze-winged Jacana
Metopidius indicus
Grey-headed Lapwing
Vanellus cinereus
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
River Tern
Sterna aurantia
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
River Lapwing
Vanellus duvaucelii
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Barred Buttonquail in Kaziranga National Park?
About 1% of wildlife watchers report a Barred Buttonquail sighting in Kaziranga National Park, based on 13 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Barred Buttonquail in Kaziranga National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Barred Buttonquail in Kaziranga National Park in our monthly data.