Barred Buttonquail
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Barred Buttonquail

Turnix suscitator

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
Insufficient data
overall probability at Taroko National Park
3 Verified records at Taroko National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

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. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Taroko National Park

European Oystercatcher
NT

European Oystercatcher

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Haematopus ostralegus

Insufficient data
Little Tern
LC

Little Tern

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sternula albifrons

<5% · Rare
Kentish Plover
LC

Kentish Plover

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Charadrius alexandrinus

<5% · Rare
Oriental Pratincole
LC

Oriental Pratincole

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Glareola maldivarum

<5% · Rare
Whiskered Tern
LC

Whiskered Tern

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chlidonias hybrida

<5% · Rare
Grey-tailed Tattler
LC

Grey-tailed Tattler

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa brevipes

<5% · Rare
Crested Tern
LC

Crested Tern

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Thalasseus bergii

<5% · Rare
Common Tern
LC

Common Tern

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sterna hirundo

<5% · Rare
Whimbrel
LC

Whimbrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Numenius phaeopus

<5% · Rare
Greater Sandplover
LC

Greater Sandplover

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Charadrius leschenaultii

<5% · Rare
Black-naped Tern
LC

Black-naped Tern

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sterna sumatrana

Insufficient data
Common Sandpiper
LC

Common Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Actitis hypoleucos

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

📊

Fewer than 5 records of Barred Buttonquail at Taroko National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
20–30%
2 Bali Barat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
10–20%
3 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
5–10%
4 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
5–10%
5 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
6 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
5–10%
7 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
8 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
9 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
10 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
11 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
12 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%
13 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
14 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
<5%
15 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
16 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
17 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
<5%
18 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
<5%
19 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
20 Doi Inthanon National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
21 Ba Be National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Insufficient data
22 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Insufficient data
23 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
Insufficient data
24 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
25 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
26 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
Insufficient data
27 Khao Luang National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
28 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
29 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
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