Scientific Name: Charadrius vociferous

Residency: Year-round resident of Arizona.

Diet: Invertebrates.

Predators: The killdeer?s predators include many birds of prey, foxes, coyotes, domestic cats and dogs, raccoons and skunks. 

Nesting: Four buff, spotted eggs are laid in an indentation in the ground with a few pebbles scattered around for camouflage.

Nesting Records: Scottsdale Community College.

Notes: This species of bird helps to control the insect populations within its local ecosystems, including mosquitoes, locusts and ticks. Being highly adaptable to human-modified habitats, Killdeer reside along virtually every lower-elevation water course, in irrigated fields, lake shores, golf courses. This bird is very common within its range.

Photo: Taken at the Watt Preserve on January 2, 2007. For more photos, click on camera icon.

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