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 →
Closest Relatives at Khao Sok National Park
Red-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus indicus
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterus
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
River Lapwing
Vanellus duvaucelii
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Oriental Pratincole
Glareola maldivarum
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Barred Buttonquail at Khao Sok National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
🌅 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