killdeer

Etymology
of the bird's call.

Noun



 * 1) A North American plover  with a distinctive cry and territorial behavior that includes feigning injury to attract predators and spare  the young in the nest.

Translations

 * Apache:
 * Western Apache: tábąą dijágé
 * Catalan: corriol cua-roig
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Keilschwanz-Regenpfeifer
 * Irish: feadóg ghlórach
 * Klamath-Modoc: c'wiididiks
 * Navajo: tábąądijádí
 * Portuguese: borrelho-de-dupla-coleira
 * Russian: крикли́вый зуёк
 * Spanish: chorlo
 * Swedish: skrikstrandpipare