Common ringed plover vs Killdeer
The killdeer is heavier: 96.4 g against 64 g for the common ringed plover, about 51% more.
Photo: Arnoldius · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alan D. Wilson · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
What is the difference between a common ringed plover and a killdeer?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The killdeer is heavier: 96.4 g against 64 g for the common ringed plover, about 51% more.
- The common ringed plover is longer-lived: 20.4 years against 10.9 years for the killdeer, about 87% longer.
- Both belong to the genus Charadrius, so they are close relatives.
- The common ringed plover is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List; the killdeer is Near Threatened.
Side by side
| Common ringed plover | Killdeer | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Charadrius hiaticula | Charadrius vociferus |
| Family | Charadriidae | Charadriidae |
| Order | Charadriiformes | Charadriiformes |
| Weight | 63.5 g – 64.8 g | 92.1 g – 101 g |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 20.4 years | 10.9 years |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | coastal | wetland |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Near Threatened |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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