Barred Buttonquail
Turnix suscitator
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyTurnicidae (Buttonquails)
- GenusTurnix (Buttonquail)
- SpeciesTurnix suscitator (Barred Buttonquail)
Closest Relatives at Wilpattu National Park
Red-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus indicus
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
Great Thick-knee
Esacus recurvirostris
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Pin-tailed Snipe
Gallinago stenura
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Hydrophasianus chirurgus
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · 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 Barred Buttonquail in Wilpattu National Park?
About 8% of visitor-days record a Barred Buttonquail sighting in Wilpattu National Park, based on 35 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Barred Buttonquail in Wilpattu National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Barred Buttonquail in Wilpattu National Park in our monthly data.