Limpkin
Aramus guarauna
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderGruiformes (Cranes, Rails, and Allies)
- FamilyAramidae (Limpkins)
- GenusAramus (Limpkins)
- SpeciesAramus guarauna (Limpkin)
Closest Relatives at Soberanía National Park
American Purple Gallinule
Porphyrio martinica
White-throated Crake
Laterallus albigularis
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
Aramides cajanea
American Coot
Fulica americana
Hapalocrex flaviventer
Porzana flaviventer
Gray-breasted Crake
Laterallus exilis
Sora
Porzana carolina
Sungrebe
Heliornis fulica
📅 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 Soberanía National Park?
About 5% of visitor-days record a Limpkin sighting in Soberanía National Park, based on 509 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Limpkin in Soberanía National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Limpkin in Soberanía National Park in our monthly data.