Species profile
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
Quick answer
A double-banded plover of gravel lots that feigns a broken wing.
- Scientific name
- Charadrius vociferus
- Family
- Charadriidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Charadrius
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Habitat
Fields, shorelines, gravel
Recording Killdeer in your journal
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Related species in Charadriidae
- Andean Lapwing (Vanellus resplendens)
- Banded Lapwing (Vanellus tricolor)
- Black-banded Plover (Charadrius thoracicus)
- black-bellied plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)
- Black-headed Lapwing (Vanellus tectus)
- Black-winged Lapwing (Vanellus melanopterus)
- Blacksmith lapwing, Blacksmith plover (Vanellus armatus)