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Limpkin
Limpkin Limp"kin (l[i^]mp"k[i^]n), n. (Zo["o]l.) Either one of two species of wading birds of the genus Aramus, intermediate between the cranes and rails. The limpkins are remarkable for the great length of the toes. One species (A. giganteus) inhabits Florida and the West Indies; the other (A. scolopaceus) is found in South America. Called also courlan, and crying bird.

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- of the features shared by the limpkins and the cranes. It shares many morphological features with the cranes and limpkins, but also was much smaller than...
- USS Limpkin may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: USS Limpkin (AMc-48), launched 5 April 1941 and placed out of service 15 April...
- Clive Limpkin (1937 – 13 May 2020) was a British photojournalist and writer. Limpkin was born in 1937 in the United Kingdom. He worked as a photojournalist...
- Aramidae is a bird family in the order Gruiformes. The limpkin (Aramus guarauna) is the only living member of this family, although other species are...
- Bonaparte, 1854 (limpkin) Genus †Badistornis Wetmore, 1940 Genus Aramus Vieillot, 1816 [Courlili Buffon, 1781; Notherodius Wagler, 1827] (limpkins) Family Psophiidae...
- dove Crane Lake, Saskatchewan Canada goose Everglades, Florida Wood stork Limpkin Lake Louise, Canadian Rockies Gray-crowned rosy finch White-tailed ptarmigan...
- to limpkins, the Aramidae, and even placed the limpkins within Heliornithidae in 1990. However, more recent genetic analyses suggests that limpkins are...
- USS Limpkin (AMS/MSC-195) was a Bluebird-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy for clearing coastal minefields. The second ship to be named...
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- Gruiformes   Family: Aramidae The limpkin resembles a large rail. It has drab-brown plumage and a greyer head and neck. Limpkin, Aramus guarauna Order: Gruiformes   Family:...