Coturnix coromandelica
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The rain quail or black-breasted quail (Coturnix coromandelica) is a species of quail found in the Indian Sub-continent and South-east Asia; its range including Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.
The rain quail 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 all the quail like birds in the genus Tetrao and coined the binomial name Tetrao coromandelicus. Gmelin based his description on "La Petite caille de Gingi" that had been described in 1782 by the French naturalist Pierre Sonnerat in his Voyage aux Indes orientales et a la Chine. The rain quail is now one of six species placed in the genus Coturnix that was introduced in 1764 by the French naturalist François Alexandre Pierre de Garsault. The genus name is the Latin for the common quail. The specific epithet coromandelica is from the type location, the Coromandel Coast of southeast India. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.
The rain quail lacks barring on primaries. The male has a black breast-patch and distinctive... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Rain Quail sighting in Indore on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 166th most-seen of the 172 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rain Quail in Indore on a given day, against under 5% in September to July, the lowest months. That is one of Indore's wettest months, with about 280 mm of rain against almost none in February.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rain Quail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Rain Quail sightings, Indore ranks 2nd at under 5%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Nashik (India, under 5%).
Same family: Phasianidae
The closest relatives of the Rain Quail that you can see in Indore (family Phasianidae, Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies) are Common Peafowl (about 50%) and Grey Francolin (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rain Quail is recorded against all the birds logged in Indore (5 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
