Little Buttonquail

Little Buttonquail

Turnix velox

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
5–10% · Rare
overall probability at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
16 Verified records at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
July Best month highest sighting rate
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's active Active throughout day and night

5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Little Buttonquail sighting in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, based on 16 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

Wood Sandpiper
LC

Wood Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa glareola

<5% · Rare
Common Sandpiper
LC

Common Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Actitis hypoleucos

Insufficient data
Red-kneed Dotterel
LC

Red-kneed Dotterel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Erythrogonys cinctus

Insufficient data
Banded Stilt
LC Endemic

Banded Stilt

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cladorhynchus leucocephalus

Insufficient data
Common Greenshank
LC

Common Greenshank

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa nebularia

Insufficient data
Banded Lapwing
LC Endemic

Banded Lapwing

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Vanellus tricolor

Insufficient data
Eastern Sand Plover
LC

Eastern Sand Plover

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Charadrius veredus

Insufficient data
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
VU

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Calidris acuminata

Insufficient data
Oriental Pratincole
LC

Oriental Pratincole

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Glareola maldivarum

Insufficient data
Australian Pratincole
LC

Australian Pratincole

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Stiltia isabella

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

5–10
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
5–10
Jul
<5
Aug
5–10
Sep
<5
Oct
5–10
Nov
5–10
Dec

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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

# Park Country Probability
1 Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
5–10%
2 Ningaloo Marine Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
3 Nitmiluk National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Little Buttonquail in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park?

About 5% of wildlife watchers report a Little Buttonquail sighting in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, based on 16 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Little Buttonquail in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park?

July has the highest sighting rate for Little Buttonquail in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in our monthly data.

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