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 Satpura National Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 208th most-seen of the 259 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Rain Quail in Satpura National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to July, the lowest months. That is one of Satpura National Park's wettest months, with about 270 mm of rain against 5 mm in May.
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 parks where we can rate Rain Quail sightings, Satpura National Park has the highest daily chance: under 5%. Next come Keoladeo National Park (India, under 5%) and Kanha National Park (India, under 5%).
Same family: Phasianidae
The closest relatives of the Rain Quail that you can see in Satpura National Park (family Phasianidae, Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies) are Common Peafowl (about 60%), Grey Junglefowl (about 40%) and Grey Francolin (about 20%), 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 Satpura National Park (16 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.
