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Limpkin

Aramus guaraunaOrder: GRUIFORMESFamily: Limpkin (Aramidae)
Limpkin Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: Dagger, Curved (up or down)
  • Eye Color: Dark brown.
  • Head Pattern: Eyeline, Plain, Eyering (complete or broken)
  • Crown Color: Brown with white streaking.
  • Forehead Color: Brown with white streaking.
  • Nape Color: Brown with white streaking.
  • Throat Color: Brown with white streaking.
  • Cere color: No Data
Limpkin Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 66-71 cm (26-28 in)
  • Weight: 1088 g (38.4 oz)
  • Size: Size 4. Large (16 - 32 in)
  • Color: White, Brown
  • Underparts: Brown
  • Upperparts: Brown with white streaking.
  • Back Pattern: Striped or streaked
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Striped or streaked

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Rapid wing beats followed by short glide.
  • Wingspan Range: 107 cm (42 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Brown
  • Under Tail: Brown
  • Leg Color: Gray-green
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Family Limpkin (Aramidae)_blue
Species Aramus guarauna
Length26 - 28 Inches
Wingspan42 Inches

Limpkin

Limpkin: Large, unique marsh bird, dark brown body, white streaks on neck, back, wings, breast. Bill is slightly decurved. Neck and legs are long. Vaguely resembles an ibis. Feeds on freshwater snails, mussels, frogs, crustaceans and insects. Direct flight with quick upstrokes and slow downstrokes.

● Song: "kkrrrraaow"

● Foraging & Feeding: Limpkin: Eats apple snails, other mollusks, frogs, and insects. Slowly walks along edges of ponds or streams foraging in shallow water.

● Breeding & nesting: Limpkin: Three to eight olive or buff eggs marked with brown are laid in a shallow nest made of marsh vegetation built just above the water; sometimes builds a stick nest in a low tree or bush. Eggs are incubated for 27 days by both parents.

● Similar species: Limpkin: Yellow-crowned and Black-crowned Night-Herons have much shorter legs and necks, and shorter, thicker, straight bills.

Flight Pattern

Rapid wing beats followed by short glide.
Limpkin Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Limpkin: Resident locally in southern Georgia and Florida; also found in the American tropics. Preferred habitats include wooded and brushy swamps and marshes.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
Population
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight38.4 Ounces