Summary ⁵

The Limpkin (also called carrao, courlan, and crying bird), Aramus guarauna, is a bird that looks like a large rail but is skeletally closer to cranes. It is the only extant species in the genus Aramus and the family Aramidae. It is found mostly in wetlands in warm parts of the Americas, from Florida to northern Argentina. It feeds on molluscs, with the diet dominated by apple snails of the genus Pomacea. Its name derives from...

Distribution ⁶

Aramus guarauna is found in the southeastern United States, West Indies, and from southern Mexico to Argentina. (Peterson, 1999)

Biogeographic Regions: atlantic ocean (Native )

Sources and Credits

1. (c) DickDaniels (http://carolinabirds.org/), some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Limpkin_RWD2.jpg
2. (c) 2001 California Academy of Sciences, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=31995&one=T
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5. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramus_guarauna
6. (c) The Regents of the University of Michigan and its licensors, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/31378549

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