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Cuban tody

Todus multicolor Gould, 1837

LCLeast Concernbirds

The cuban tody (Todus multicolor) is a species in the family Todidae, order Coraciiformes. Recorded adults weigh 5.9 g to 6.15 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Cuban tody (Todus multicolor)
Photo: Laura Gooch · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the cuban tody

Weight
5.9 g – 6.15 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the cuban tody live?

Not recorded

What is the cuban tody?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Cuban tody (Todus multicolor) is a bird species in the family Todidae that is restricted to Cuba and the adjacent islands.

From the Wikipedia article “Cuban tody” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cuban_tody&oldid=1381353679), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the cuban tody endangered?

The cuban tody is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the cuban tody classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCoraciiformes
  5. familyTodidae
  6. genusTodus
  7. SpeciesTodus multicolor Gould, 1837

Synonyms Todus cyanogenys, Todus multicolor exilis, Todus portoricensis

Other names and names in other languages (28)
  • تودي كوباArabic
  • todi de CubaCatalan
  • CubatodiDanish
  • VielfarbentodiGerman
  • kuba todoEsperanto
  • CartacubaSpanish
  • Barrancolí cubanoSpanish
  • kuuba todiEstonian
  • kuubantodiFinnish
  • Todier de CubaFrench
  • kubai todiHungarian
  • Todo di CubaItalian
  • キューバコビトドリJapanese
  • 쿠바토디Korean
  • kubinis todisLithuanian
  • Cubaanse TodieDutch
  • kubatodiNorwegian
  • płaskodziobek kubańskiPolish
  • toda-cubanaPortuguese
  • tódi-cubanoPortuguese
  • Кубинский тодиRussian
  • todi pestrýSlovak
  • Kubanski todiSerbian
  • Kubansk todiSwedish
  • Küba TodisiTurkish
  • тоді кубинськийUkrainian
  • 古巴短尾鴗Chinese
  • 杂色短尾鴗Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the cuban tody

Other species in the same genus Todus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the cuban tody?

An adult cuban tody weighs 5.9 g – 6.15 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the cuban tody endangered?

The cuban tody is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the cuban tody?

The cuban tody (Todus multicolor) belongs to the family Todidae in the order Coraciiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cuban tody (Todus multicolor). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cuban-tody

MLA

“Cuban tody (Todus multicolor).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cuban-tody.

BibTeX
@misc{cuban_tody_2026,
  title = {Cuban tody (Todus multicolor)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cuban-tody},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}