Limpkin
Aramus guarauna
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderGruiformes (Cranes, Rails, and Allies)
- FamilyAramidae (Limpkins)
- GenusAramus (Limpkins)
- SpeciesAramus guarauna (Limpkin)
Closest Relatives at Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
Aramides cajanea
American Purple Gallinule
Porphyrio martinica
Sungrebe
Heliornis fulica
Gray-breasted Crake
Laterallus exilis
Azure Gallinule
Porphyrio flavirostris
Russet-Crowned Crake
Anurolimnas viridis
Rufous-sided Crake
Laterallus melanophaius
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Limpkin in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas?
About 13% of visitor-days record a Limpkin sighting in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, based on 354 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Limpkin in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas?
April has the highest sighting rate for Limpkin in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas in our monthly data.