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Gruiformes / Aramidae / Aramus

Limpkin

Aramus guarauna

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (limpki) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Gruiformes
Family: Aramidae
Genus: Aramus

Subspecies (4)

Aramus guarauna dolosus

southern Mexico southward to western Panama (western Bocas del Toro)
Aramus guarauna elucus

Hispaniola and Puerto Rico
Aramus guarauna guarauna

central and eastern Panama; South America west of the Andes southward to western Ecuador, and east of the Andes southward to northern Argentina
Aramus guarauna pictus

Florida, Cuba, and Jamaica

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (limpki) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.