Tody
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Tody
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(t´d), common name for small (3-4 in./9-10 cm) West Indian birds of the family Todidae, comprising the single genus Todus.
Cuban Tody (Todus multicolor)
The Cuban Tody is endemic to Cuba and is thought to be the oldest surviving member of the Tody family which is confined to the Greater Antilles and comprises 5 species.
Kaempfer's tody-tyrant perched on a branch
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Eye-ringed Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus orbitatus
Described by: Wied (1831)
Alternate common name(s): Olivaceous Tody-Tyrant
Old scientific name(s): Idioptilon orbitatum, Hemitriccus orbitatum, Euscarthmornis orbitatus ...
Tody, Puerto Rican Todus mexicanus Endemic to Puerto Rico
Photographed by: Dick Daniels in Puerto Rico ...
Broad-billed Tody (Todus subulatus)
Narrow-billed Tody (Todus angustirostris)
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The motmots form the sub-family Momotinae, which with the Todinae (see ToDY) form the family Momotidae of Coraciiform birds, the nearest allies being rollers (q.v.) and kingfishers (q.v.).
.and Olive-throated Parakeet, Jamaican Tody, White-crowned Pigeon, Zenaida Dove, Loggerhead Kingbird, and both Red-billed Streamertail and Vervain Hummingbird.
Of the forest kingfishers, the best known is the Australian Capybara, famous for its laughing cry and valued as a destroyer of harmful snakes and lizards. The West Indian tody is colorful , and is insectivorous.
This is the most diverse bird order in body weight, ranging from the 5.5 gram Puerto Rican Tody (Todus mexicanus) to the 4.5 kg Southern Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri), if the hornbills indeed belong under this classification.
Parrot, Mealy Parrot, Red-throated Caracara, Yellow-rumped Cacique, Golden-green Woodpecker, Casqued Oropendola, Amazonia Oropendol, Red-rumped Cacique, Bare-necked Fruit Crow, Scalet Macaw, Plumbeus Pigeon, Crane Hawk, Yellow-browed Tody ...
 See also: Tyrant, Kingfish, Kingfisher, Flycatcher, Parrot
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