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 Grand Canyon National Park
Long-billed Curlew
Numenius americanus
Sabine's Gull
Xema sabini
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolor
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus
California Gull
Larus californicus
American Avocet
Recurvirostra americana
📅 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 Grand Canyon National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Killdeer sighting in Grand Canyon National Park, based on 31 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Killdeer in Grand Canyon National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Killdeer in Grand Canyon National Park in our monthly data.