{"id":24596,"date":"2012-10-30T15:30:54","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T14:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/waders\/killdeer-charadrius-vociferus\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:13:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:13:13","slug":"killdeer-charadrius-vociferus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/waders\/killdeer-charadrius-vociferus\/","title":{"rendered":"Killdeer Charadrius vociferus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) is a medium-sized plover. Their breeding habitat is open fields or lawns, often quite far from water, across most of Canada, the United States, and Mexico, with isolated populations in Costa Rica and in the Pacific coast of South America.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Killdeer\u00a0<i>Charadrius\u00a0vociferus<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-155-24596\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1048\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/killdeer-charadrius-vociferus\/killdeer-charadrius-vociferus-5.jpg\" title=\"Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) at Laguna Cartagena,  Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) at Laguna Cartagena,  Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/killdeer-charadrius-vociferus\/thumbs\/thumbs_killdeer-charadrius-vociferus-5.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1047\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/killdeer-charadrius-vociferus\/killdeer-charadrius-vociferus-4.jpg\" title=\"Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) at Laguna Cartagena,  Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) at Laguna Cartagena,  Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/killdeer-charadrius-vociferus\/thumbs\/thumbs_killdeer-charadrius-vociferus-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1046\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/killdeer-charadrius-vociferus\/killdeer-charadrius-vociferus-3.jpg\" title=\"Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) at Laguna Cartagena,  Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) at Laguna Cartagena,  Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/killdeer-charadrius-vociferus\/thumbs\/thumbs_killdeer-charadrius-vociferus-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1045\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/killdeer-charadrius-vociferus\/killdeer-charadrius-vociferus-2.jpg\" title=\"Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) at Laguna Cartagena,  Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) at Laguna Cartagena,  Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/killdeer-charadrius-vociferus\/thumbs\/thumbs_killdeer-charadrius-vociferus-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1044\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/killdeer-charadrius-vociferus\/killdeer-charadrius-vociferus-1.jpg\" title=\"Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) at Laguna Cartagena,  Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) at Laguna Cartagena,  Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/killdeer-charadrius-vociferus\/thumbs\/thumbs_killdeer-charadrius-vociferus-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) is a medium-sized plover. 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