Barred Buttonquail
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Barred Buttonquail

Turnix suscitator

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Manas National Park
60 Verified sightings at Manas National Park From 2019 to 2026
944 Verified sightings across all 34 parks From 2019 to 2026
October 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 Manas National Park

Red-wattled Lapwing
LC Endemic

Red-wattled Lapwing

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Vanellus indicus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
River Lapwing
NT

River Lapwing

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Vanellus duvaucelii

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Green Sandpiper
LC

Green Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa ochropus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Common Sandpiper
LC

Common Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Actitis hypoleucos

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Common Snipe
LC

Common Snipe

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Gallinago gallinago

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Grey-headed Lapwing
LC

Grey-headed Lapwing

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Vanellus cinereus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Bronze-winged Jacana
LC

Bronze-winged Jacana

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Metopidius indicus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Northern Lapwing
NT

Northern Lapwing

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Vanellus vanellus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Greater Painted-Snipe
LC

Greater Painted-Snipe

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Rostratula benghalensis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Small Pratincole
LC

Small Pratincole

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Glareola lactea

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Common Greenshank
LC

Common Greenshank

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa nebularia

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
LC

Pheasant-tailed Jacana

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Hydrophasianus chirurgus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

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 Manas National Park?

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Barred Buttonquail sighting in Manas National Park, based on 60 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

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

October has the highest sighting rate for Barred Buttonquail in Manas National Park in our monthly data.

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