Photo by the late Jan Van den Broeck
- Todus todus
Identification
It is a small (9cm), chunky bird. It is bright green above with a red throat and long, broad, reddish bill. The flanks are pink, and the abdomen and sides of breast are pale yellow.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Habitat
Forest both dry and wet at all elevations.
Behaviour
Usually found low in the forest where it sits on a look out before plucking off a large insect or a larva usually from the underside of a leaf. May occasionally take fruit.
It excavates burrows on earth banks or rotten tree trunks to make its nest and lays 1-4 eggs. It breeds Dec-July.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Raffaele et al. 1998. Birds of the West Indies. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 0713649054
