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title: "Toirão-barrado"
description: "Turnix suscitator — Aves. The barred buttonquail or common bustard-quail (Turnix suscitator) is a species of buttonquail, one of a small family (Turnicidae) of birds which resemble, but are not closely related to, the true quails."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/barred-buttonquail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Toirão-barrado

> Turnix suscitator — Aves. The barred buttonquail or common bustard-quail (Turnix suscitator) is a species of buttonquail, one of a small family (Turnicidae) of birds which resemble, but are not closely related to, the true quails.

- Scientific name: *Turnix suscitator*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados)
- iNaturalist observations: 1416
- Wikidata: [Q1262057](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1262057)
- iNaturalist taxon: [20867](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/20867)

## Names

- en: Barred Buttonquail
- de: Bindenlaufhühnchen
- es: Torillo Batallador
- fr: Turnix combattant
- nl: Zwartkeelvechtkwartel
- pt: Toirão-barrado
- pl: Przepiórnik prążkowany

## Countries with the most observations

IN (411), TW (239), ID (232), TH (125), LK (89), MY (31), SG (30), CN (24), VN (20), BD (12), MM (11), PH (11)

## Summary

The barred buttonquail or common bustard-quail (Turnix suscitator) is a species of buttonquail, one of a small family (Turnicidae) of birds which resemble, but are not closely related to, the true quails. This species is resident from India across tropical Asia to south China, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barred_buttonquail

## Photo

![Toirão-barrado](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/barred-buttonquail/medium.jpg)

Photo: 葉子 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/62887064

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/barred-buttonquail?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).