Coturnix coromandelica
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In 3 days ~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 Nashik on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 111th most-seen of the 141 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rain Quail in Nashik on a given day, against under 5% in August and October–June, the lowest months. Those are among Nashik's wettest months, with about 400 mm of rain a month against almost none in January.
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.
Yes
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Rain Quail sightings, Nashik has the highest daily chance: under 5%. Next come Indore (India, under 5%) and Pune (India, under 5%).
Same family: Phasianidae
The closest relatives of the Rain Quail that you can see in Nashik (family Phasianidae, Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies) are Grey Francolin (about 30%), Common Peafowl (about 30%) and Painted Francolin (about 10%), 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 Nashik (10 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.
