<Li> C. v. peruvianus (Chapman, 1920)--This South American subspecies is found in west Ecuador, Peru, and extreme northwest Chile . </Li> <P> The common name comes from its frequently heard call . </P> <P> The killdeer is a large plover, with adults ranging in length from 20 to 28 centimetres (7.9 to 11.0 in), having a wingspan between about 59 and 63 centimetres (23 and 25 in), and usually being between 72 and 121 grams (2.5 and 4.3 oz) in weight . It has a short, thick, and dark bill, flesh - coloured legs, and a red eye ring . Its upperparts are mostly brown with rufous fringes, its cap, back, and wings being the former colour . It has a white forehead and a white stripe behind the eye, and its lores and the upper borders to the white forehead are black . The killdeer also has a white collar that is black on its upper border . The rest of the face is brown . The breast and belly are white, with the exception of two black breast bands . The rump is red, and the tail is mostly brown . The latter also has a black subterminal band, a white terminal band, and barred white feathers on the outer portion of the tail . In flight, a white wing stripe at the base of the flight feathers is visible . </P> <P> The female's mask and breast bands tend to be more brown than those of the male . The adult of the subspecies Charadrius vociferus ternominatus is smaller and more pale and grey than the nominate, and the subspecies C. v. peruvianus is smaller than the nominate and has more extensive rufous feather fringes . The juvenile is similar to the adult . The upperparts of the chicks are coloured dusky and buff . Their underparts, forehead, neck, and chin are white, and they have a single band across their breast . </P>

Brown and white bird with black rings around neck