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[[Image:Puerto_Rican_Tody.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by oliviervimont<br/>Location: Punta Guaniquilla, Puerto Rico ]]
 
[[Image:Puerto_Rican_Tody.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by oliviervimont<br/>Location: Punta Guaniquilla, Puerto Rico ]]
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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At 11 cm (4.25 inches) a small jewel of a bird with bright green back, red chin and throat, and whitish underside with yellowish tone that is strongest at undertail coverts. The picture is completed by the bill which is long and broad, dark upper but bright red lower mandible. As the bill most often is pointed somewhat up, the lower mandible is much easier to see than the upper.
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11 cm (4.25 inches) This bird has a bright green back, red chin and throat. Its bill is long and broad, with a dark upper and bright red lower mandible.
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Tody species in [[Cuba]], [[Jamaica]] and [[Hispanola]] are quite similar but don't overlap in range. Within range, only hummingbirds are also small and green, and have obviously a very different build.   
 
Tody species in [[Cuba]], [[Jamaica]] and [[Hispanola]] are quite similar but don't overlap in range. Within range, only hummingbirds are also small and green, and have obviously a very different build.   
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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Forested areas both in arid lowlands and damp highlands. At a visit around May 1, it was easy to see in the [[Guanica Dry Forest]].
 
Forested areas both in arid lowlands and damp highlands. At a visit around May 1, it was easy to see in the [[Guanica Dry Forest]].
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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Normally seeks food low over the ground, often on the underside of leaves. Sits on a perch, scanning the leaves for prey, sallies out to catch the prey and continue to the next perch in a flight that often is short, maybe 1 meter/3 feet.  
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They often find food on the underside of leaves. They watch for prey, fly out to catch it and then continue to perch.
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Todus+mexicanus}}
 
{{GSearch|Todus+mexicanus}}
 
[[Category:Birds]]
 
[[Category:Birds]]

Revision as of 21:04, 25 September 2007

Todus mexicanus
Photo by oliviervimont
Location: Punta Guaniquilla, Puerto Rico

Identification

11 cm (4.25 inches) This bird has a bright green back, red chin and throat. Its bill is long and broad, with a dark upper and bright red lower mandible. Tody species in Cuba, Jamaica and Hispanola are quite similar but don't overlap in range. Within range, only hummingbirds are also small and green, and have obviously a very different build.

Distribution

Endemic to Puerto Rico.

Taxonomy

Habitat

Forested areas both in arid lowlands and damp highlands. At a visit around May 1, it was easy to see in the Guanica Dry Forest.

Behaviour

They often find food on the underside of leaves. They watch for prey, fly out to catch it and then continue to perch.

External Links

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