These edges are in actuality straight, but the bill is so thick at the base and through much of its length that an impression of roundness is created. In winter the bill is mostly all black, but will often show at least some orange at the base and is extensively orange during the breeding season. […]
On its white breast, two black bands stand out. Other plovers—such as the smaller but similar semi-palmated plover—have only one band or none at all. Otherwise, killdeer are wet-sand brown above and clear white below, with white around the front of the face and eye. The killdeer is one of our largest and longest-tailed plovers,
