The Killdeer is a large plover with two black breast bands and a bright orange rump visible in flight. It lives in open areas such as mudflats, fields, gravel lots and shorelines, often far from water. The bird feeds by running, stopping and picking insects and other small prey from the ground. Eggs are laid in a shallow scrape on bare gravel or soil. Adults use a broken-wing display to draw predators away from the nest or young.
Locations where this species is supported by a dated first record, an unambiguous single-place outing or a reviewed assignment.
