Barred Buttonquail
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Barred Buttonquail

Turnix suscitator

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Gir National Park
7 Verified sightings at Gir National Park From 2019 to 2026
944 Verified sightings across all 34 parks From 2019 to 2026
August Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted at dawn and dusk

About the 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.

The barred buttonquail was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with the grouse like birds in the genus Tetrao and coined the binomial name Tetrao suscitator. Gmelin cited the English ornithologist Francis Willughby who in 1678 had described and illustrated the "Indian Quail of Brontius" from the Island of Java. The barred buttonquail is now placed in the genus Turnix that was introduced in 1791 by French naturalist in Pierre Bonnaterre. The genus name is an abbreviation of the genus Coturnix. The specific epithet suscitator is Latin and means "awakening".

Sixteen subspecies are recognised. T. s. plumbipes (Hodgson, 1837) – Nepal to northeast India and north Myanmar T. s. bengalensis Blyth, 1852 – central, southwest Bengal (northeast India)... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Gir National Park

Red-wattled Lapwing
LC Endemic

Red-wattled Lapwing

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Vanellus indicus

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely
Common Sandpiper
LC

Common Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Actitis hypoleucos

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
River Tern
VU

River Tern

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Sterna aurantia

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Indian Thick-knee
LC

Indian Thick-knee

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Burhinus indicus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
LC

Yellow-wattled Lapwing

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Vanellus malabaricus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Black-winged Stilt
LC

Black-winged Stilt

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Himantopus himantopus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Green Sandpiper
LC

Green Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa ochropus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Great Thick-knee
NT

Great Thick-knee

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Esacus recurvirostris

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Whimbrel
LC

Whimbrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Numenius phaeopus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Little Stint
LC

Little Stint

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Calidris minuta

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

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 Daily sighting probability
1 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~20%
2 Bali Barat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
3 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
4 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~10%
5 Gir National Park 🇮🇳 India
~10%
6 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
~10%
7 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
<5%
8 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
9 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
10 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
11 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
12 Manas National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
13 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
14 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%
15 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
16 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
<5%
17 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
18 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
19 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
<5%
20 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
<5%
21 Taman Negara National Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
22 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
23 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
24 Gunung Leuser National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data
25 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
26 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Insufficient data
27 Tangkoko Nature Reserve 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data
28 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
Insufficient data
29 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
30 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
31 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
Insufficient data
32 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
33 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
34 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Barred Buttonquail in Gir National Park?

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Barred Buttonquail sighting in Gir National Park, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Barred Buttonquail in Gir National Park?

August has the highest sighting rate for Barred Buttonquail in Gir National Park in our monthly data.

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