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Common Name

Limpkin

Alternate Names

Carrao, Courian, Crying Bird

Common Type

Limpkin

Order

Gruiformes

Family

Aramidae

Genus

Aramus

Species

guarauna

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Arg, FLA, Linpkin FLA,

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Wetlands

Distribution and Range

Warm parts of Americas from Florida to northern Argentina.

Food

Forage in shallow water and on floating vegetation for molluscs, primarily apple snails.

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Bird

Limpkin

Carrao, Courian, Crying Bird

Limpkin

Gruiformes

Aramidae

Aramus

guarauna

Least Concern

Arg, FLA, Linpkin FLA,

0

Resident

Wetlands

Warm parts of Americas from Florida to northern Argentina.

Forage in shallow water and on floating vegetation for molluscs, primarily apple snails.

Its name derives from its seeming limp when it walks