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 Jasper National Park
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominica
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
California Gull
Larus californicus
Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
📅 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 Jasper National Park?
About 4% of visitor-days record a Killdeer sighting in Jasper National Park, based on 49 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Killdeer in Jasper National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Killdeer in Jasper National Park in our monthly data.