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 LC    Killdeer* Id (Atlas):
    Charadrius vociferus

Description (10)
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Family
Charadriidae (Plovers)

Size
25 cm

First Described (Guide)
Linnaeus, 1758

Range (Guide)
Anguilla (B), Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda (B), Canada (B) (P), Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada (B), Guadeloupe (B), Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica (B), Martinique (B), Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, St Pierre and Miquelon (B) (NB) (P), Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA (B), Venezuela, Virgin Islands (British) (B) (NB), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (B) (NB).

Vagrant to Brazil, Faroe Islands, France, Greenland, Guyana, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Spain, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines (B), Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

Population
Estimated population is 1,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A noisy, loud, insistent 'kill-dee' or 'kill-deeah', repeated. Also a plaintive 'dee-ee' with rising inflection.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (48)...)

 
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) [XC606524]
     by Richard E. Webster from Silver Creek, Perilla Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, United States (call)

 
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) [XC321383]
     by Richard E. Webster from Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, United States (call, song)

Nest
A slight depression in the ground, unlined or lined with a few small stones.

Young
Precocial.

Subspecies
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

  • vociferus Linnaeus, 1758   -  Canada, USA and Mexico. Winters south to north-western South America.
  • ternominatus Bangs & Kennard, 1920   -  Greater Antilles.
  • peruvianus (Chapman, 1920)   -  Peru and north-western Chile.



References
See References.

The Reader's Digest Book of British Birds 1980, 3rd Edition, Drive Publications Ltd ISBN 0 340 25308 8
Birds in Colour Campbell, B., 1960, Penguin Books Ltd
The Pocket Guide to Nest and Eggs Fitter, R.S.R., 1954, Collins
RSPB Handbook of British Birds Holden, P., Cleeves, T., 2002, A & C Black ISBN 0 7136 5713 8
Birds of Britain and Europe Sterry, P., et al., 2001, AA Publishing ISBN 0 7495 3068 5
The Popular Handbook of British Birds Hollom, P.A.D., 1973, H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd ISBN 0 85493 002 7


Files:
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