Painted Buttonquail
Turnix varius
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyTurnicidae (Buttonquails)
- GenusTurnix (Buttonquail)
- SpeciesTurnix varius (Painted Buttonquail)
Closest Relatives at Blue Mountains National Park
Red-chested Buttonquail
Turnix pyrrhothorax
Masked Lapwing
Vanellus miles
Latham's Snipe
Gallinago hardwickii
Silver Gull
Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
White-headed Stilt
Himantopus leucocephalus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
Banded Lapwing
Vanellus tricolor
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · 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
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flinders Ranges National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Booderee National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Freycinet National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 10 | Noosa National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 11 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 12 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Painted Buttonquail in Blue Mountains National Park?
About 0% of visitor-days record a Painted Buttonquail sighting in Blue Mountains National Park, based on 22 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Painted Buttonquail in Blue Mountains National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Painted Buttonquail in Blue Mountains National Park in our monthly data.