Barred Buttonquail

Turnix suscitator

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic

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

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Tangkoko Nature Reserve

7 Verified sightings at Tangkoko Nature Reserve From 2019 to 2026

944 Verified sightings across all 34 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 Tangkoko Nature Reserve

Turnix maculosus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Actitis hypoleucos

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Sterna sumatrana

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Chlidonias hybrida

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Charadrius alexandrinus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Numenius phaeopus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Chlidonias leucopterus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Sterna hirundo

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Sternula albifrons

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Esacus magnirostris

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Himantopus leucocephalus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Pluvialis squatarola

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

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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

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Barred Buttonquail

About the Barred Buttonquail

Closest Relatives at Tangkoko Nature Reserve

Red-backed Buttonquail

Common Sandpiper

Black-naped Tern

Whiskered Tern

Kentish Plover

Whimbrel

White-winged Tern

Common Tern

Little Tern

Beach Thick-knee

White-headed Stilt

Black-bellied Plover

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found