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Where does the Killdeer live?

Charadrius vociferus has 9,887,792 records in 60 countries and territories, from 1802 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Killdeer
Killdeer — Photo: Charles Homler d/b/a FocusOnWildlife · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataAvesCharadriiformesCharadriidaeCharadrius

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 8,500,066
Canada 1,189,288
Mexico 85,636
Cuba 20,339
Puerto Rico 17,559
Peru 14,063
Bahamas 8,936
Belize 8,884
Costa Rica 6,224
Dominican Republic 5,626
Bermuda 4,412
Aruba 4,098
Chile 2,578
Jamaica 2,014
Honduras 1,944
Guatemala 1,937
Ecuador 1,691
Nicaragua 1,481
Anguilla 1,434
Colombia 1,189
Turks and Caicos Islands 1,034
Saint Martin 1,020
Haiti 1,012
US Virgin Islands 791
Curaçao 676
El Salvador 648
Panama 613
Cayman Islands 501
Sint Maarten 241
Bonaire 219
St Kitts & Nevis 213
United Kingdom 172
Antigua & Barbuda 162
Netherlands 159
British Virgin Islands 158
Guadeloupe 130
Portugal 110
Venezuela 109
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 92
Barbados 77

Showing the top 40 of 60 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.