Little Buttonquail
Turnix velox
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyTurnicidae (Buttonquails)
- GenusTurnix (Buttonquail)
- SpeciesTurnix velox (Little Buttonquail)
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Little Buttonquail sighting in Ningaloo Marine Park, based on 7 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Ningaloo Marine Park
Silver Gull
Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
White-headed Stilt
Himantopus leucocephalus
Pied Oystercatcher
Haematopus longirostris
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Masked Lapwing
Vanellus miles
Grey-tailed Tattler
Tringa brevipes
Lesser Crested Tern
Thalasseus bengalensis
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Banded Lapwing
Vanellus tricolor
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️🌙 When They're Spotted
Active throughout day and night · 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 | Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Ningaloo Marine Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Nitmiluk National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Little Buttonquail in Ningaloo Marine Park?
About 2% of wildlife watchers report a Little Buttonquail sighting in Ningaloo Marine Park, based on 7 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Little Buttonquail in Ningaloo Marine Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Little Buttonquail in Ningaloo Marine Park in our monthly data.