Todies (Todidae)
Jamaican Tody (Todus todus) - HBW 6, p. 262
French: Todier de la Jamaïque
German: Grüntodi
Spanish: Barrancolí Jamaicano
Taxonomy: Alcedo Todus Linnaeus, 1758, Jamaica.
Birds trapped at 1200 m significantly heavier and longer-winged than those at 650 m, perhaps subspecifically distinct. Monotypic.
Distribution: Jamaica.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Perched Tody is joined by a second one. The first one flies off and the second one joins it a few seconds later. Locality Bluefields Mountains, Cornwall County, Jamaica (Monotypic species)
Ken Simonite 6 January 2012 19 weeks ago 19 sec 3.4
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Frontal view.
Locality Marshall's Pen, Middlesex County, Jamaica (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 10 March 2012 8 weeks ago 4 -
Bird perched
Locality Jamaica (Monotypic species)
Mikko Pyhälä 26 January 2009 3 years ago 3.6 -
Lateral view of perched bird in shade
Locality Blue Mountains, Jamaica (Monotypic species)
John Hopkins 27 January 2010 1 year ago 3.4 -
Perching on a branch.
Locality Bluefields Mountains, Cornwall County, Jamaica (Monotypic species)
Ken Simonite 6 January 2012 19 weeks ago 3.3 -
Ventral view of perched bird
Locality Port Antonio, Surrey County, Jamaica (Monotypic species)
Mikko Pyhälä 29 January 2011 1 year ago 3.2 -
Ventral view of bird in shade
Locality Blue Mountains, Jamaica (Monotypic species)
John Hopkins 27 January 2011 1 year ago 2.8
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