Bird Illustrations

Colored pencil study of a Killdeer's slender lower legs and widely spread toes beside sparse grass stems.

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus), colored pencil

About the illustration:

Commissioned by: Wisconsin Sea Grant, University of WisconsinMadison,
Madison JASON

About killdeer:

Taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (having a spinal cord)
Class: Aves (birds)
Order: Charadriiformes (waders/shorebirds, gulls, auks)
Family: Charadriidae (plovers, dotterels, lapwings)
Genus: Charadrius (plovers)
Species: Charadrius vociferus