Aramus guarauna
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The limpkin (Aramus guarauna) is a large wading bird related to rails and cranes, and the only extant species in the family Aramidae. It is found mostly in wetlands in warm parts of the Americas, from Florida to northern Argentina, but individuals have been reported as far north as Wisconsin, and Southern Ontario. It feeds on molluscs, with the diet dominated by apple snails of the genus Pomacea. Its name derives from its seeming limp when it walks. It has also been called "carrao", "courlan", and "crying bird".
The limpkin is placed in the family Aramidae, which is in turn placed within the crane and rail order Gruiformes. The limpkin had been suggested to be close to the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae, based upon shared bird lice. The Sibley–Ahlquist taxonomy of birds, based upon DNA–DNA hybridization, suggested that the limpkin's closest relatives were the Heliornithidae finfoots, and Sibley and Monroe even placed the species in that family in 1990. More recent studies have found little support for this relationship. More recent DNA studies have confirmed a close relationship with particularly the cranes, with the limpkin remaining as... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | Barranquilla | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Belém | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Orlando | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | |
| 7 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Campinas | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon Rescue Center | 🇵🇪 Peru |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Limpkin sighting in Santo Domingo on a given day, based on 58 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 57th most-seen of the 110 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–March, May–June and August–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Limpkin in Santo Domingo on a given day, against under 5% in January, April and July, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Limpkin sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
16th of 30
Of the 30 cities where we can rate Limpkin sightings, Santo Domingo ranks 16th at about 10%. The best odds are in Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia, about 40%), Barranquilla (Colombia, about 40%) and Buenos Aires (Argentina, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Limpkin is recorded against all the birds logged in Santo Domingo (58 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
