Kildeer

Weight

92.1 g – 101 g

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

10.9 years

Diet

Omnivore

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

wetland

Egg incubation

24.6 days

Young per litter or clutch

4

Age at maturity

12 months

Litters or clutches a year

15

Lifestyle

Terrestrial

Migration

Migratory

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderCharadriiformes
5. familyCharadriidae
6. genusCharadrius
7. SpeciesCharadrius vociferus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms Aegialitis vocifera, Charadrius vociferous, Oxyechus vociferus

Catalogue of Life

LC, Least Concern

Little ringed plover

Charadrius dubius

Charadriidae

LC, Least Concern

Common ringed plover

Charadrius hiaticula

Charadriidae

LC, Least Concern

Kentish plover

Charadrius alexandrinus

Charadriidae

Eurasian dotterel

Charadrius morinellus

Charadriidae

LC, Least Concern

Greater sand plover

Charadrius leschenaultii

Charadriidae

M

Mongolian plover

Charadrius mongolus

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CompareKildeer vs Little ringed ploverKildeer vs Common ringed ploverKildeer vs Kentish ploverKildeer vs Eurasian dotterel

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@misc{kildeer_2026,
  title = {Kildeer (Charadrius vociferus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/kildeer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}