Limpkin
Aramus guarauna
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderGruiformes (Cranes, Rails, and Allies)
- FamilyAramidae (Limpkins)
- GenusAramus (Limpkins)
- SpeciesAramus guarauna (Limpkin)
The limpkin (Aramus guarauna) is a large wading bird related to rails and cranes, and the only extant species in the family Aramidae. It is found mostly in wetlands in warm parts of the Americas, from Florida to northern Argentina, but individuals have been reported as far north as Wisconsin, and Southern Ontario. It feeds on molluscs, with the diet dominated by apple snails of the genus Pomacea. Its name derives from its seeming limp when it walks. It has also been called "carrao", "courlan", and "crying bird". Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Serra da Canastra National Park
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
Aramides cajanea
Blackish Rail
Pardirallus nigricans
Rufous-sided Crake
Laterallus melanophaius
Ash-throated Crake
Porzana albicollis
Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail
Aramides saracura
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
American Purple Gallinule
Porphyrio martinica
Russet-Crowned Crake
Anurolimnas viridis
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Limpkin at Serra da Canastra National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there