Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Table of Contents
 
Introduction
 
Methods
 
Results
 
Acknowledgments
 
Literature Cited
 
Table 1
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Species Accounts, Maps, Histograms, and Appendices
 
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Family Charadriidae

Body Size: Medium
Foraging Guild: Terrestrial/aquatic gleaner
Foraging Habitat: Water depth - dry to 3 cm; vegetative cover - bare to dense
Migration Distance: Short
Migration Pattern: Widespread
Dispersion: Broadly dispersed; 60% of total maximum sightings occur in 19 spring and 32 fall 0.1° lat-long blocks.

Six sites with highest counts (see Appendix for more information):

1. Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Management Area, Kansas

2. Between Duson and Crowley, Louisiana

3. Between Jennings and Welsh, Louisiana

4. Doon, Lyon County, Iowa

5. Mohawk Park, Tulsa, Oklahoma

6. Coweta sod farms, Wagoner County, Oklahoma

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