Killdeer

Charadrius vociferus

Summary 2

The killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) is a medium-sized plover. The genus name Charadrius is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate. It derives from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in ravines and river valleys (kharadra, "ravine"). The specific vociferus is Latin and comes from vox, "cry" and ferre, "to bear".

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  1. (c) USFWSmidwest, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsmidwest/5614152584/
  2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charadrius_vociferus

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