Jamaican Tody

Jamaican Tody

Taxobox
name = Jamaican Tody



status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Aves
ordo = Coraciiformes
familia = Todidae
genus = "Todus"
species = "T. todus"
binomial = "Todus todus"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)

The Jamaican Tody ("Todus todus") is a tody found on the island of Jamaica. It grows to about 11 cm, and feeds off of insects. It has one of the highest feeding rates among birds, and does not migrate.

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
*Animal, Smithsonian Institution, 2005


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