Limpkin
Aramus guarauna
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderGruiformes (Cranes, Rails, and Allies)
- FamilyAramidae (Limpkins)
- GenusAramus (Limpkins)
- SpeciesAramus guarauna (Limpkin)
Closest Relatives at Manu National Park
American Purple Gallinule
Porphyrio martinica
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
Aramides cajanea
Rufous-sided Crake
Laterallus melanophaius
Sungrebe
Heliornis fulica
Pale-winged Trumpeter
Psophia leucoptera
Gray-breasted Crake
Laterallus exilis
Blackish Rail
Pardirallus nigricans
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
Uniform Crake
Amaurolimnas concolor
📅 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 Manu National Park?
About 14% of visitor-days record a Limpkin sighting in Manu National Park, based on 751 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Limpkin in Manu National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Limpkin in Manu National Park in our monthly data.