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 Rocky Mountain National Park
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
California Gull
Larus californicus
Larus pipixcan
Leucophaeus pipixcan
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianus
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdii
Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolor
📅 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 Rocky Mountain National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Killdeer sighting in Rocky Mountain National Park, based on 73 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Killdeer in Rocky Mountain National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Killdeer in Rocky Mountain National Park in our monthly data.