Barred Buttonquail

Turnix suscitator

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Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderCharadriiformes (Shorebirds and Allies)
FamilyTurnicidae (Buttonquails)
GenusTurnix (Buttonquail)
SpeciesTurnix suscitator (Barred Buttonquail)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Komodo National Park

2 Verified sightings at Komodo National Park From 2019 to 2026

946 Verified sightings across all 35 parks From 2019 to 2026

🌅 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 Komodo National Park

Thalasseus bergii

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Sterna sumatrana

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Phalaropus lobatus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Actitis hypoleucos

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Esacus magnirostris

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Onychoprion anaethetus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Numenius phaeopus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Thalasseus bengalensis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Sterna hirundo

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Anous stolidus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Sternula albifrons

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Sterna dougallii

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

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Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

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	Komodo National Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	Insufficient data
27	Cuc Phuong National Park	🇻🇳 Vietnam	Insufficient data
28	Tangkoko Nature Reserve	🇮🇩 Indonesia	Insufficient data
29	Royal Bardia National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	Insufficient data
30	Khao Sok National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	Insufficient data
31	Khao Yai National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	Insufficient data
32	Taroko National Park	🇹🇼 Taiwan	Insufficient data
33	Khao Luang National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	Insufficient data
34	Namdapha National Park	🇮🇳 India	Insufficient data
35	Sinharaja Forest Reserve	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	Insufficient data

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Barred Buttonquail

About the Barred Buttonquail

Recent sightings of Barred Buttonquail in Komodo National Park

Closest Relatives at Komodo National Park

Crested Tern

Black-naped Tern

Red-necked Phalarope

Common Sandpiper

Beach Thick-knee

Bridled Tern

Whimbrel

Lesser Crested Tern

Common Tern

Brown Noddy

Little Tern

Roseate Tern

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found