-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Chordates (Phylum Chordata)

-Vertebrates (Subphylum Vertebrata)

-Birds (Class Aves)

-Cranes, Rails, and Allies (Order Gruiformes)

-Limpkins (Family Aramidae)

-Limpkins (Genus Aramus)

-Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)

The Limpkin (Aramus guarauna) is a distinctive, medium-large wading bird best known for its loud, haunting calls and its close association with freshwater wetlands. About 65–73 cm (25–29 in) long, it has a slender body, long legs, and a slightly downcurved bill specially adapted for extracting apple snails, its primary food. The plumage is dark brown to olive-brown, heavily marked with bold white spots and streaks on the neck, back, and wings, giving the bird a mottled appearance that blends well with marsh vegetation. Limpkins are most often found along marshes, swamps, lakes, slow rivers, and canals, where they walk deliberately along shorelines or wade in shallow water, probing for snails and other aquatic invertebrates.