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Jamaican tody (Todus todus)
Subject: Jamaican tody (Todus todus)
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Jamaican tody (Todus todus)


Description
English: Green Tody (as Todus viridis L.). Image from Natural History, Birds.
Date 1849
Source https://archive.org/details/NaturalHistoryBirds
Author Philip Henry Gosse
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Natural_History,_Birds_-_Green_Tody.jpg

Found only in Jamaica, the Jamaican tody (Todus todus) is a small and colourful bird, predominantly green above, with a red throat and yellow underparts, with some pink on the sides. It has a large head and a long, flat bill. It perches on small branches, with its bills unturned and, like its Cuban relative (the Cuban tody), takes insects, larvae, and fruit. The Jamaican tody nests in burrows, which it excavates in muddy banks or rotted wood.

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Scientific Name: Todus todus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Names: Jamaican Tody
French: Todier de Jamaïque German: Grüntodi Spanish: Barrancolí jamaicano
Taxonomy: Alcedo Todus Linnaeus, 1758, Jamaica.

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