Limpkin
Aramus guarauna
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderGruiformes (Cranes, Rails, and Allies)
- FamilyAramidae (Limpkins)
- GenusAramus (Limpkins)
- SpeciesAramus guarauna (Limpkin)
Closest Relatives at Madidi National Park
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
Aramides cajanea
Pale-winged Trumpeter
Psophia leucoptera
Giant Coot
Fulica gigantea
Gray-breasted Crake
Laterallus exilis
American Purple Gallinule
Porphyrio martinica
Sungrebe
Heliornis fulica
Rufous-sided Crake
Laterallus melanophaius
Ash-throated Crake
Porzana albicollis
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
Slate-colored Coot
Fulica ardesiaca
Russet-Crowned Crake
Anurolimnas viridis
📅 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 Madidi National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Limpkin sighting in Madidi National Park, based on 8 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Limpkin in Madidi National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Limpkin in Madidi National Park in our monthly data.