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 Riding Mountain National Park
Larus pipixcan
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri
Black Tern
Chlidonias niger
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
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 Riding Mountain National Park?
About 12% of visitor-days record a Killdeer sighting in Riding Mountain National Park, based on 59 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Killdeer in Riding Mountain National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Killdeer in Riding Mountain National Park in our monthly data.