Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Charadriidae
Genus
Charadrius
 
Birds of North America
Version  2.0
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Killdeer Charadrius vociferus

Bette J. Jackson and Jerome A. Jackson
Version: 2.0 — Published January 1, 2000

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Figure 1. Killdeer distribution. - Range Map
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Figure 1. Killdeer distribution.

Distribution of the Killdeer in North and Middle America and the western Caribbean. This species also breeds in the eastern Caribbean and South America.

Recommended Citation

Jackson, B. J. and J. A. Jackson (2000). Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.517
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