Puerto rican tody

The Puerto Rican Tody can be described as having green feathers with a yellow flanks, a bright yellow almost white belly, a red throat and lower mandible and a long beak. It is a very small bird and is the smallest representative of the order Coraciiformes. This tody measures on average 11cm and weighs from 5 to 6 grams. Males and females can be distinguished by the coloration of their eyes. Males have grey eyes while females have white eyes.

The Puerto rican tody is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Puerto Rican Tody is a tody endemic to the archipelago of Puerto Rico. Despite is scientific name, Todus mexicanus, it is endemic to Puerto Rico. It is commonly known in the island as "San Pedrito" ("Little Saint Peter"). More

Puerto Rican TodyThere are birds that even if you have no idea at all what they look like or where they’re found have names that instantly transport you on a journey into dense forests and far-away places (eg Cherry-throated Tanager or Metallic-winged Sunbird), and there are birds with names that while hinting at something perhaps interesting don’t have quite the same immediate effect (eg Puerto Rican Tody). More

Puerto Rican Tody - Not On IUCN Red List Check 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species More

Description: The Puerto Rican Tody can be described as having green feathers with a yellow flanks, a bright yellow almost white belly, a red throat and lower mandible and a long beak. It is a very small bird and is the smallest representative of the order Coraciiform. This tody measures on average 11cm and weighs from 5 to 6 grams. Males and females can be distinguished by the coloration of their eyes. Males have grey eyes while females have white eyes. More

Emerald, Puerto Rican Tody, Puerto Rican Pewee, and Antillean Euphonia. In the afternoon, we head back to our hotel for a break so that we are well rested for an evening excursion to search for the endangered Puerto Rican Nightjar. Night in Guanica. Day 11 -Guanica National Forest This day we visit the Guanica National Forest spending time searching for species not yet found in the montane forests. More

The Puerto Rican Tody is one of the few tropical birds known to enter torpor, is the first representative of the Order Coraciiformes reported to exhibit torpor, and is the first avian species reported to exhibit torpor restricted to one sex. Key words: body temperature; Coraciiformes; energetics; heterothermy; hypothermia; metabolic rate; Puerto Rican Tody; thermoregulation; Todus mexicanus; torpor. More