Turnix ocellatus
In 3 days <5%
The spotted buttonquail (Turnix ocellatus) is a species of bird in the family Turnicidae. It is endemic to Philippines on the island of Luzon. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Manila | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Buttonquail sighting in Manila on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 171st most-seen of the 191 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Buttonquail in Manila on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 5 and 8 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spotted Buttonquail sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Manila, in our data
Manila is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Spotted Buttonquail sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Charadriiformes
The closest relatives of the Spotted Buttonquail that you can see in Manila (order Charadriiformes, Shorebirds and Allies) are Whiskered Tern (about 30%), Common Sandpiper (about 10%) and Black-winged Stilt (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spotted Buttonquail is recorded against all the birds logged in Manila (13 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.
