Editing Killdeer (section)

==Etymology and taxonomy==
The killdeer was described in 1758 by Swedish [[naturalist]] [[Carl Linnaeus]] in the [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|10th edition]] of his ''[[Systema Naturae]]'' as ''Charadrius vociferus'',<ref name="Linnaeus"/> its current [[scientific name]].<ref name="hbw"/> Linnaeus' description was based on a 1731 account of it by English naturalist [[Mark Catesby]] in his ''The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands'',<ref name="Linnaeus">{{cite book |last= Linnaeus |first=Carl |author-link=Carl Linnaeus |title= Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis |publisher= (Laurentii Salvii) |location=Stockholm, Sweden |volume= 1 |edition= 10th |language= la |year= 1758 |page= 150 |url=https://archive.org/stream/carolilinnaeisy00gesegoog#page/n159/mode/1up |via= The [[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> where he called it the "chattering plover".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/126524#page/282/mode/1up|title=The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands|last=Catesby|first=Mark|year=1731|page=71|location=London|volume=1|publisher=Printed at the expence of the author, and sold by W. Innys and R. Manby, at the West End of St. Paul's, by Mr. Hauksbee, at the Royal Society House, and by the author, at Mr. Bacon's in Hoxton}}</ref> The genus name ''Charadrius'' is [[Late Latin]] for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century [[Vulgate]] [[Bible]]. This word derives from the [[Ancient Greek]] ''kharadrios'', a bird found in ravines and river valleys (''kharadra'', "ravine"). The specific name '' vociferus '' is  [[Latin]], coming from  ''vox'', "cry", and '' ferre'', "to bear".<ref name=job>{{cite book | last= Jobling | first= James A. | year= 2010| title= The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | url= https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling | publisher=Christopher Helm | location = London | isbn = 978-1-4081-2501-4 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n99 99], 404}}</ref>

Three subspecies are described:
* ''C. v. vociferus'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> – The [[nominate subspecies]] (originally described subspecies), it is found in the US (including southeastern Alaska), southern Canada, Mexico, and with some less widespread grounds further south, to Panama. It winters to northwestern South America.<ref name="hbw"/>
* ''C. v. ternominatus'' <small>Bangs & Kennard, 1920</small> – This subspecies is found on the [[Bahama]]s, the [[Greater Antilles]], and [[Virgin Islands]].<ref name="hbw"/>
* ''C. v. peruvianus'' <small>(Chapman, 1920)</small>{{NoteTag|Originally described as ''Oxyechus vociferus peruvianus''.<ref name="Chapman1920">{{cite journal |last=Chapman|first=Frank M.|title=Description of a proposed new race of the killdeer from the coast of Peru|journal=The Auk|volume=37|issue=1|year=1920|pages=105–108|issn=0004-8038|doi=10.2307/4072966|jstor=4072966 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/86351}}</ref>
}}  – This South American subspecies is found in western Ecuador, Peru, and extreme northwest Chile.<ref name="hbw" />

The killdeer's call resembles the phrase "kill deer", for which the species is named.<ref name="Hauber2014"/>