The todies are a family, Todidae, of tiny Caribbean birds in the order Coraciiformes, which also includes the kingfishers, bee-eaters and rollers. The...
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Soon after, throat-rattles were heard and the two todies flew away in separate directions. Jamaican todies can sometimes be found digging, in which they mainly...
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("half-dollar bird"). Todies are the closest relative to the motmots of Central America. It is thought that the Jamaican tody (Todus todus) gave rise...
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to body size, and a thin, flat bill. Similar to other todies, the coloration of the Cuban Tody includes an iridescent green dorsum, pale whitish-grey...
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most likely reserved for the breeding season. Broad-billed todies, like other species of todies, have the simplest range of frequencies of all avian vocalizations...
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including the kingfishers, the bee-eaters, the rollers, the motmots, and the todies. They generally have syndactyly, with three forward-pointing toes (and toes...
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The common tody-flycatcher or black-fronted tody-flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum) is a very small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It...
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the smallest motmot, and named because it resembles the closely related todies (family Todidae) of the Caribbean. The nominate subspecies has a green crown...
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The tody-flycatchers are several species of birds in the family Tyrannidae: Genus Poecilotriccus Rufous-crowned tody-flycatcher, Poecilotriccus ruficeps...
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todies are each the only one on different islands. However, phylogenetic analysis suggests that the narrow-billed tody descended from the Cuban tody (T...
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The Acre tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus cohnhafti) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, found in Bolivia and Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical...
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in the order Coraciiformes, which also includes the motmots, bee-eaters, todies, rollers, and ground-rollers. The name of the family was introduced (as...
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The rufous-crowned tody-flycatcher (Poecilotriccus ruficeps) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It was formerly placed...
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List of largest birds (section Rollers, Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, motmots, and todies (Coraciiformes))
The largest extant species of bird measured by mass is the common ostrich (Struthio camelus), closely followed by the Somali ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes)...
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The ruddy tody-flycatcher (Poecilotriccus russatus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela. Its natural...
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They have a colourful plumage and a relatively heavy bill. All except the tody motmot have relatively long tails that in some species have a distinctive...
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genus of birds found in the Caribbean. It is the only genus within the todies family Todidae. The five species are small birds of the forests of the Greater...
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The painted tody-flycatcher (Todirostrum pictum) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in the Guianas of French...
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Lawrence "Tody" Edward Smith (December 24, 1948 – July 18, 1999) was an American professional football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL)...
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The boat-billed tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus josephinae) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in the Guianas...
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The fork-tailed tody-tyrant or fork-tailed pygmy tyrant (Hemitriccus furcatus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is endemic to Brazil....
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The hangnest tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus nidipendulus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical...
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Family Brachypteraciidae: ground rollers Suborder Alcedines Family Todidae: todies Family Momotidae: motmots Family Alcedinidae: kingfishers Worldwide except...
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Lulu's tody-flycatcher (Poecilotriccus luluae), also known as Johnson's tody-flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It was briefly...
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600 species of birds have been recorded, of which 163 are endemic such as todies, Fernandina's flicker and palmchat. The American yellow warbler is found...
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The spotted tody-flycatcher (Todirostrum maculatum) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil...
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Kaempfer's tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus kaempferi) is a rare species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is endemic to the Atlantic forest in southeastern...
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blue, black, white and yellow many-colored rush-tyrant and some species of tody-flycatchers or tyrants, which are often yellow, black, white and/or rufous...
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Pelzeln's tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus inornatus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical...
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v t e The smoky-fronted tody-flycatcher (Poecilotriccus fumifrons) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, and one of twelve in the genus Poecilotriccus...
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