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I couldn't decide if this was a Killdeer or a plover variant when I took the pic. Whatbird tells me it's a Killdeer and a killdeer IS a plover :)
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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 40D
Aperture Value
f/5.6
Color Space
sRGB
Exposure Bias Value
0 EV
Exposure Program
Aperture Priority
Flash
No Flash
Focal Length
400 mm
ISO
320
Metering Mode
Spot
Shutter Speed Value
1/1600 sec
Date/Time
Thu 20 Mar 2008 04:30:30 PM EDT
English Killdeer
Scientific (Charadrius vociferus)
Order CHARADRIIFORMES
Family (Latin) Charadriidae
Family (English) Plovers
Other name(s)
Breeding Range NA, MA, SA : Alaska and c Canada to Peru
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Bahamas,Belize,Bermuda,Bolivia,British Virgin Islands,Canada,Chile,Colombia,Costa Rica,Cuba, Dominican Republic,Ecuador - mainland,El Salvador,Guatemala,Haiti,Honduras,Hungary,Jamaica,Mexico,Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua,Norway,Panama,Peru,Puerto Rico,Romania,Russia,Spain,Switzerland,Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands,United States - Alaska,United States - mainland,Venezuela,
IOC 9.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
vociferus Canada, USA, Mexico
ternominatus Bahamas, Greater Antilles
peruvianus Peru, nw Chile
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by Linnaeus, 1758
German Keilschwanz-Regenpfeifer
French Pluvier kildir
Chinese 双领鸻
Japanese フタオビチドリ
Russian Крикливый зуёк
Spanish Chorlitejo culirrojo
Portugese borrelho-de-coleira-dupla
Bird Data App text {Northern migrant}. A medium sized plover found inland not necessarily near water.
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
EU Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)