🐾 Killdeer

Charadrius vociferus · wildlife atlas entry

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The killdeer ( Charadrius vociferus ) is a large plover found in the Americas. It was described and given its current scientific name in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae . Three subspecies are described. The killdeer's common name comes from its often-heard call. Its upperparts are mostly brown with rufous fringes, the head has patches of white and black, and two black bands cross the breast. The belly and the rest of... Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Killdeer — reference photo from iNaturalist — (c) world_lineage, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by world_lineage · cc-by-nc

Record card

Scientific name	Charadrius vociferus
Rank	species
Community observations	156,964 research-grade records on iNaturalist
Conservation status	NT — IUCN Red List assessment

Classification

kingdom Animalia › phylum Chordata › class Aves › order Charadriiformes › family Charadriidae

Seen in the wild — community photographs

Killdeer photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2025-09-06 · Carling / Andrew Haydon Park, Ottawa, ON K2H 8Z3, Canada
(c) pianosicharles, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Killdeer photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-22 · Co. Rd. 142 near St. Hwy 65, Jackson County, AL, USA
(c) Jeff Garner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Killdeer photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-22 · Decatur Harbor, US Hwy 72 Alt, Limestone County, AL, USA
(c) Jeff Garner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Killdeer photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-22 · Fish Pond, US Hwy 72 Alt at Co. Rd. 433, Lawrence County, AL, USA
(c) Jeff Garner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Killdeer photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-17 · Perkins Peninsula Park, Eugene, OR, US
(c) Zachary Sun Monen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

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