Barred Buttonquail
Turnix suscitator
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyTurnicidae (Buttonquails)
- GenusTurnix (Buttonquail)
- SpeciesTurnix suscitator (Barred Buttonquail)
Closest Relatives at Yala National Park
Red-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus indicus
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus malabaricus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Great Thick-knee
Esacus recurvirostris
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Hydrophasianus chirurgus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
📅 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 Yala National Park?
About 21% of visitor-days record a Barred Buttonquail sighting in Yala National Park, based on 224 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Barred Buttonquail in Yala National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Barred Buttonquail in Yala National Park in our monthly data.