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Charadriiformes / Charadriidae / Charadrius

Killdeer

Charadrius vociferus

IUCN: Near Threatened

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (killde) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
Genus: Charadrius

Subspecies (3)

Charadrius vociferus peruvianus

coastal Ecuador to far northwestern Chile
Charadrius vociferus ternominatus

Bahamas, Greater Antilles and Virgin Islands
Charadrius vociferus vociferus

breeds inland southern Alaska, subarctic to temperate Canada eastward to Gulf of St. Lawrence, throughout contiguous USA and locally to southwestern Panama; winters to northwestern South America

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (killde) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.