Jamaican tody
Todus todus (Linnaeus, 1758)
The jamaican tody (Todus todus) is a species in the family Todidae, order Coraciiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 6.4 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the jamaican tody
- Weight
- 6.4 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc 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
Photos of the jamaican tody
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Where does the jamaican tody live?
Not recorded
What is the jamaican tody?
The Jamaican tody (Todus todus) is a species of bird in the genus Todus endemic to Jamaica. Local names for the Jamaican tody include rasta bird, robin and robin redbreast.
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Is the jamaican tody endangered?
The jamaican tody is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- 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 jamaican tody classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderCoraciiformes
- familyTodidae
- genusTodus
- SpeciesTodus todus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms Alcedo todus, Motacilla calidris, Todus viridis
Other names and names in other languages (30)
- تودي جامايكيArabic
- todi de JamaicaCatalan
- todi zelenýCzech
- todi JamaicaWelsh
- JamaicatodiDanish
- GrüntodiGerman
- jamajka todoEsperanto
- Barrancolí jamaicanoSpanish
- Cartacuba de JamaicaSpanish
- Cortacubas JamaiquinoSpanish
- jamaika todiEstonian
- jamaikantodiFinnish
- Todier de JamaïqueFrench
- jamajčki todiCroatian
- jamaicai todiHungarian
- Todo della GiamaicaItalian
- ジャマイカコビトドリJapanese
- Robin RedbreastJamaican Creole English
- jamaikinis todisLithuanian
- Jamaicaanse TodieDutch
- płaskodziobek małyPolish
- toda-jamaicanaPortuguese
- tódi-jamaicanoPortuguese
- Ямайский тодиRussian
- jamajški todiSlovenian
- Jamajkanski todiSerbian
- Jamaika TodisiTurkish
- тоді зеленийUkrainian
- 短尾鴗Chinese
- 牙買加短尾鴗Chinese
Relatives of the jamaican tody
Other species in the same genus Todus.
Cuban tody
Todus multicolor
Puerto Rican tody
Todus mexicanus
Narrow-billed tody
Todus angustirostris
Broad-billed tody
Todus subulatus
CompareJamaican tody vs Cuban todyJamaican tody vs Puerto Rican todyJamaican tody vs Narrow-billed todyJamaican tody vs Broad-billed tody
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the jamaican tody?
An adult jamaican tody weighs 6.4 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the jamaican tody endangered?
The jamaican 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 jamaican tody?
The jamaican tody (Todus todus) 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.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
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