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ARAMIDAE - Limpkin (1:1)
ARAMUS Vieillot, 1816 M - Courliri Buffon; type by monotypy = Scolopax guarauna Linnaeus, 1766  
Aramus guarauna Limpkin
pictus (F.A.A. Meyer, 1794) vFlorida Pen., Bahamas, Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, Jamaica
elucus J.L. Peters, 1925 vHispaniola
dolosus J.L. Peters, 1925 vSE Mexico (S Veracruz, SE Oaxaca) to W Panama (W Bocas del Toro)
guarauna (Linnaeus, 1766)1 iC Panama (Panamá) to SW Ecuador (El Oro), NE Argentina (N Buenos Aires) and Uruguay [Linnaeus, 1766 #2396]
1 For use of guarauna instead of scolopaceus Gmelin, 1789, see Hellmayr & Conover (1942) [Hellmayr, 1942 #1946], who also included carau here.
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