Turnix nanus
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The black-rumped buttonquail (Turnix nanus) is a small species of bird in the buttonquail family. This species has a brown back, rufous chest, and pale belly, brown irises and a black rump. As usual for buttonquails but not for most birds, the female is larger and brighter than the male. The birds are shy and difficult to flush.
The species is found in open grassland through much of Africa outside the forested and more arid regions. It is resident in the central parts of the range but is a migratory breeder further north towards Lake Chad and the Central African Republic.
Madge and McGowan, Pheasants, Partridges and Grouse ISBN 0-7136-3966-0 Sinclair, Ian; Hockey, Phil; Tarboton, Warwick (2002). SASOL Birds of Southern Africa. Struik. ISBN 1-86872-721-1. Black-rumped buttonquail - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Black-rumped Buttonquail sighting in Queen Elizabeth National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 387th most-seen of the 434 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 Black-rumped Buttonquail in Queen Elizabeth National Park 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 Black-rumped Buttonquail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Queen Elizabeth National Park, in our data
Queen Elizabeth National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Black-rumped Buttonquail sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-rumped Buttonquail is recorded against all the birds logged in Queen Elizabeth National Park (7 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
