Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyCharadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings)
- GenusCharadrius (Holarctic Ringed Plovers and Allies)
- SpeciesCharadrius vociferus (Killdeer)
Closest Relatives at Banff National Park
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Ancient Murrelet
Synthliboramphus antiquus
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemastica
California Gull
Larus californicus
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Killdeer in Banff National Park?
About 4% of visitor-days record a Killdeer sighting in Banff National Park, based on 168 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Killdeer in Banff National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Killdeer in Banff National Park in our monthly data.