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Common Name: |
Killdeer
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| Scientific Name: | Charadrius vociferus
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| Body Length & Habitat: | 9 - 11 Inches / Fields, Roadsides, Airports, Lawns
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| Comment: | This plover has two distinctive black belts around its neck and breast and an orange upper tail. Its name is derived from its shrill and insistent call - 'kil-dee, kil-dee'. These ground dwellers sometimes draw intruders away from their nests by pretend
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