Talk:Limpkin

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A cool picture, perhaps the photographer can be convinced to release it: http://www.flickr.com/photos/daisyok/49476376/

I removed listed site, there are dozens, if not hundreds, of places this bird can be seen. jimfbleak 17:12, 16 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Fair 'nuff -- just trying to find appropriate places to link this new article. — Catherine\^talk 20:22, 16 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

According to the article They walk slowly with a gait described as "slightly undulating" and "giving the impression of lameness or limping",[11] "high-stepping",[8] or "strolling" but according to Birds of North America, “Limp,” from which name is popularly claimed to have originated, certainly not typical behavior and never seen by some long-term observers (Ingalls 1972, DCB).. I'll check HBW tomorrow, but this is a somewhat puzzling discrepancy. Sabine's Sunbird talk 05:09, 25 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Are there any good sources that link the Argentine myth to the limpkin beyond just the name? Sabine's Sunbird talk 18:17, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Today I found an injured limpkin bird in front of target store in Lake Worth, Texas he had a broken leg and wing. Looked like his tail was broken too. I think he may have been waiting to die, because he didn't seem to care when it got extremely close to him. I really felt bad for him. I dont know how I could help him.. Anyway,now you know they're in texas too 47.4.61.130 (talk) 04:45, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The IUCN reference lists the range thusly:
Extant (resident)
Argentina; Aruba; Bahamas; Belize; Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Brazil; Cayman Islands; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; French Guiana; Guatemala; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Puerto Rico; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

(Bolding mine.) How do you claim this reference reflects saying it is extirpated from these places that I've bolded? - UtherSRG (talk) 21:43, 20 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Source for limpkin being gone from Puerto Rico:^[1]

As for the other two, the distinction is MOST of the Bahamas and the Isle of Pines in Cuba. The basis for these was the map, as these areas are marked as "possibly extinct". Heh0002 (talk) 21:54, 20 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The map in that ref shows it is extant in Puerto Rico. I don't have a subscription to BoW. Can you paste the relevant passage? And for Bahamas and Cuba - do you mean the map in BoW? Again, it shows it as being extant on those islands. UtherSRG (talk) 14:00, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The map I'm referring to is the IUCN range map. And even if it locked behind a paywall, it is the most comprehensive piece of information for birds. Heh0002 (talk) 22:10, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]