Jamaican Tody
Todus todus(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Jamaican Tody
The Jamaican Tody (Todus todus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Todidae (Todies) in the order Coraciiformes.
Range: hills and mountains of JamaicaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Todus todus
- Family
- Todidae (Todies)
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Jamaican Tody
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Alcedo Todus
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- America = Jamaica.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.116
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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