Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
Summary 6
The killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) is a medium-sized plover. The genus name Charadrius is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate. It derives from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in ravines and river valleys (kharadra, "ravine"). The specific vociferus is Latin and comes from vox, "cry" and ferre, "to bear".
Details 7
Description: brown black plumage, white belly, two black chest bands, and a white collar. Long orange tail. 9 to 11 in head to tail.
Found in park: Cades Cove and around park headquarters
Habitat: fields, lawns, pastures, river banks with shallow water
Status: more common during migrating months
Distribution 8
Killdeer are found throughout North America
Habitat 8
Killdeer inhabits a number of open habitat types, including grasslands, fields, mudflats, and gravel deposits.
Sources and Credits
- (c) USFWSmidwest, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsmidwest/5614152584/
- (c) d hutcheson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/84826593@N00/615302614
- (c) HVargas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/hvargas/2381526041/
- (c) goodspiritgirl, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by goodspiritgirl
- (c) Steven Mlodinow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Steven Mlodinow
- Adapted by Will Kuhn from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charadrius_vociferus
- (c) elmaddi, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/631427
- (c) gillian360, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/25865
