Killdeer
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
Species code: CHVO
What they look like: The Killdeer is the largest of the ringed plovers, and the only plover in its range with a double breast band.
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
The Killdeer has a migratory population which breeds in northern USA and southern Canada and migrates during the northern winter to Central America, the West Indies and northern South America.
Killdeers
Plovers
The Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) is a medium-sized plover.
They are migratory in northern areas and winter as far south as northern South America. They are rare vagrants to western Europe, usually late in the year.
Killdeer surprise and delight bird-watchers every year with their unique nesting habits. Learn how to attract killdeer to your yard, and listen to their song.
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KILLDEER FACTS
Description
The Killdeer is a gray brown bird with white underside. It has a prominent black double band on the breast. The top band completely encircles the body.
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
The Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) is a common resident bird across most of North America and Mexico. The species may occur as far south as northern South America on occasion.
Killdeer
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
common North American shorebird related to the plover and the sandpiper. It is about 10 in. (25 cm) in length and its plumage is grayish brown with a double black band across a white breast.
Killdeer in the Snow
Kiptopeke State Park
01/04/11
Foot-trembling Killdeer
This Killdeer would extend one foot out into wet mud and vibrate it to scare up food items. (A fo...
Killdeer Behaviour
No observations regarding Killdeer behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Killdeer ...
Range The killdeer breeds from Alaska to Newfoundland south. It winters north to British Columbia, Utah, the Ohio Valley and Massachusetts. It also can be found in Central and South America.
DESCRIPTION: Killdeer (Charadrius vocifurus) are one of the best known American shorebirds. Sexes are outwardly alike and about the same size. They are 9 to 11 inches long with a wingspan of 19 to 21 inches.
Killdeer
(Charadrius vociferus)
Status: Summer Resident.
Last recorded on site in 2011
Breeding Status:-
1987 to 1991: Confirmed
1992 to 1996: Confirmed
1997 to 2001: Confirmed
2002 to 2006: Confirmed
2007 to 2011: Confirmed ...
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus
Status Fairly common transient, uncommon in summer, rare in winter. Breeds. It generally appears first in March (average 23 March, earliest 1 March, assuming early March birds to be normal migrants).
Killdeer
The most common plover is the killdeer, a banded plover.
The Killdeer is very common in fields, found over a large part
of North America.
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus - Adult in breeding plumage
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Killdeers feed mainly on insects, earthworms and small crustaceans.
The Semipalmated Plover is similar but has only one black bar across the chest.
Distinguishing Features - Length: 27 cm; colouration: brown above and white below, with two dark breast bands; the Killdeer also has a white patch on its bill, and a white stripe above its eye.
Habitat ...
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Found: The Americas
Photographed by: 1, 2, 3, 8) Dick Daniels in North Carolina 4) Dick at Cape May, New Jersey 5) Dick In Puerto Rico 6, 7) Dick in Virginia
7) Male in breeding display.
Killdeer with hatchlings by Corey Finger (See more Killfawns. baby Killdeer!) ...
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
Lesser Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica)
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Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
Information on the killdeer is currently being researched and written and will appear here... More 27 Images 5 Videos ...
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus)
RECURVIROSTRIDAE: Stilts, Avocets, and Oystercatchers ...
Killdeer inhabit fields, pastures, and suburbs. Migrant killdeer increase populations during the winter.
Killdeer
Summer Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? yes
Eastern Kingbird
Summer Sighting Information: abundant
Nest on or near Refuge? yes ...
Killdeer
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Charadriidae
The family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings.
The Killdeer occurs all year in the southern half of the United States, and only during the breeding season in the northern half. The winter range outside of the United States includes northern South America, Central America, and the Caribbean.
Harwich: 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER (quite early), 6+ Killdeer, 7 Greater Yellowlegs, 1 Blue-winged Teal, 32 Green-winged Teal, 6 Gadwall, 1 N.Pintail Cow Yard, Chatham: 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull (ad.) Blair Nikula -- 3/14 Rye, NH Steve Mirick .
Nest sites were characterized for Piping Plover, Killdeer, American Avocet, Willet, Upland Sandpiper, Marbled Godwit, Common Snipe, and Wilson's Phalarope at Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Refuge, southcentral Saskatchewan.
The Willet (Tringa semipalmata) is named for its call, like Killdeer. Easy bird to learn, because it is large and gray, with a strong dark bill which appears pretty straight, although it actually curves slightly upward.
Piping plovers look like a small, pale killdeer with a single dark breast stripe. Their preferred habitat is a wide, sandy beach along the Great Lakes shore in areas that have scant vegetation and scattered stones.
Wilson's Plover is bigger than all other ringed plovers except Killdeer. Semipalmated Plover has yellow legs and a small bicolored bill (all dark in winter) and is smaller over all. No other ringed plovers are dark on the back and crown.
They are rarely seen except where they are fairly common, in places such as Killdeer Plains and Mosquito Creek wildlife areas.
THE KILDEER PLOVER.
[Killdeer.]
CHARADRIUS VOCIFERUS, Linn.
[Charadrius vociferus.] ...
Predators: Tadpoles are eaten by water bugs, garter snakes, bullfrogs, and a number of fish species. Toadlets and adults are attacked by killdeer, herons, garter snakes, and bullfrogs.
The relatively thick black bill and flesh-colored legs distinguish this species from the other small plovers. Killdeer has two breast bands.
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) - Shackleford Banks, Carteret Co., NC 10/30/05
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) eggs in the "nest" - Flat River impoundment, Falls Lake, Durham Co., NC, 4/13/03.
 See also: Plover, Sandpiper, Swallow, Eagle, Purple
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