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Illustration of a Limpkin (Aramus guarauna) egg, 59.4 × 43.8 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Aramus guarauna

  • 59.4 × 43.8 mm
  • Clutch: 4–7 eggs
Breeds in United States, Mexico, Central America (7 countries), the Caribbean and South America (12 countries)
show all 23Canada & United States: United States
Mexico: Mexico
Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
The Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean islands
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

Cream to olive-buff, with soft chestnut-brown blotches, lines and small grey marks, most at the large end.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 40 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Marsh Birds (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 135, 1927), p. 257.
Agrees with: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Limpkin, Life History.
Description
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Limpkin, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: de la Peña 2025, Aves Argentinas tomo 4, p. 4.
Clutch
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds.
Shape
Drawn from the length and width, with the taper estimated from the typical eggs of its group (how these eggs are drawn).

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