Minnesota Seasons


Killdeer			No Image Available
Charadrius vociferus

Status	Common migrant and breeder
Habitat	Open ground, fields, lake shores, beaches, mudflats
Size	9″ to 11″



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Sightings	Blue Mounds State Park Buffalo River State Park Camden State Park Cherry Grove Blind Valley SNA Cottonwood River Prairie SNA Crow-Hassan Park Reserve Des Moines River Prairie SNA Elm Creek Park Reserve Gneiss Outcrops SNA Hamden Slough National Wildlife Refuge Hastings SNA Hole-in-the-Mountain Prairie Holthe Prairie SNA Hythecker Prairie SNA Kilen Woods State Park Lake Rebecca Park Reserve Lost Valley Prairie SNA		Maplewood State Park Morton Outcrops SNA Pin Oak Prairie SNA Pine Bend Bluffs SNA Plover Prairie East Unit Prairie Smoke Dunes SNA Rice Lake State Park Rock Ridge Prairie SNA Upper Sioux Agency State Park Vermillion Highlands Western Prairie SNA Yellow Bank Hills SNA

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Taxonomy	Order:	Charadriiformes (shorebirds and relatives)
	Family:	Charadriidae (plovers and lapwings)

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