#1031 · 🐦 birds

Killdeer

🇳🇱 Killdeerplevier ·Charadrius vociferus

NTnear threatened 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © world_lineage · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Pete Romfh · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Steven Mlodinow · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Eugene Zelenko · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. © Eric Schmidt · CC BY 4.0
6. © john-wolaver · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. San Angelo, TX 76904, USA:© TVASQUEZ · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Waterloo, ON, Canada:© Owen J. · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Tillamook, OR 97141, USA:© Patricia · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Ohio, US:© Donna J. Parry · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

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...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 156,963iNaturalist observations
threat NTnear threatened

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
156,963 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).