Common Buttonquail
Turnix sylvaticus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyTurnicidae (Buttonquails)
- GenusTurnix (Buttonquail)
- SpeciesTurnix sylvaticus (Common Buttonquail)
Closest Relatives at Serengeti National Park
Crowned Lapwing
Vanellus coronatus
Blacksmith Lapwing
Vanellus armatus
Spur-winged Lapwing
Vanellus spinosus
African Wattled Lapwing
Vanellus senegallus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Black-winged Lapwing
Vanellus melanopterus
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Temminck's Courser
Cursorius temminckii
Double-banded Courser
Rhinoptilus africanus
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
📅 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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Common Buttonquail in Serengeti National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Common Buttonquail sighting in Serengeti National Park, based on 98 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Common Buttonquail in Serengeti National Park?
June has the highest sighting rate for Common Buttonquail in Serengeti National Park in our monthly data.