Gruiformes

Limpkin (Aramidae)

HBW 3, p. 90 Learn more about the Handbook of the Birds of the World - Volume 3 on the Lynx Edicions website.

• Large brown, rail-like or ibis-like wading birds, with long bill, neck and legs.
• Tropical and subtropical parts of the Americas.
• Mainly in and around freshwater wetlands; also mangroves, and occasionally much drier zones.
• 1 genus, 1 species, 4 taxa.
• No species threatened; none extinct since 1600.