Limpkin
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The limpkin (Aramus guarauna), also called carrao, courlan, and crying bird, 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 has been spotted as far north as Wisconsin[3] and Southern Ontario.[4] 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.[5]
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Limpkin | |
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At St. John's River, Florida | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Gruiformes |
Family: | Aramidae |
Genus: | Aramus |
Species: | A. guarauna |
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Aramus guarauna (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
Range of A. guarauna | |
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