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Killdeer

Charadrius vociferus

97Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
9Counties with records
Near ThreatenedIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb3
Mar22
Apr46
May0
Jun1
Jul3
Aug0
Sep4
Oct3
Nov8
Dec2

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England59
2Shetland Islands —9
3Isles of Scilly England3
4Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland3
5Cornwall England2
6Pembrokeshire Wales2
7Cambridgeshire England1
8Argyll and Bute Scotland1
9East Lothian Scotland1
70 England22 Scotland2 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 9 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
97
Peak month
April
Counties with records
9
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
Scientific name
Charadrius vociferus
Group
Birds
Most recorded in
Norfolk
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Charadriidae
Genus
Charadrius
Name with authority
Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q755737 · GBIF 2480320