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The Puerto Rican tody's specific epithet, mexicanus (Latin for "from Mexico"), is a misnomer; it is thought that the ornithologist who first described it, René Lesson, erroneously wrote the type specimen's retrieval location as Mexico. The Puerto Rican tody makes up one of the five endemic Todus species of the Greater Antilles.
The todies are endemic to the islands of the Caribbean. These are small, near passerine species of forests of the Greater Antilles: Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and Cuba, with adjacent islands, have one species each, and Hispaniola has two: the broad-billed tody (Todus subulatus) in the lowlands (including Gonâve Island), and the narrow-billed tody (Todus angustirostris) in the highlands.
Todus is a 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 Antilles: Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and Cuba, with adjacent islands, have one species each, and Hispaniola has two, the broad-billed tody in the lowlands (including Gonâve Island) and the narrow-billed tody in the highlands.
The elfin woods warbler is one of many species in the genus Setophaga of the New World warbler family Parulidae. It was first observed in 1968 by Cameron and Angela Kepler while they were conducting observations on two Puerto Rican endemic birds, the Puerto Rican amazon and the Puerto Rican tody.
However, phylogenetic analysis suggests that the narrow-billed tody descended from the Cuban tody (T. multicolor) and the broad-billed tody descended from the Puerto Rican tody (T. mexicanus). The separation between the lineages occurred two to three million years ago, before either ancestor colonized Hispaniola. [2] [3]
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Some other animals found in the forest are the Puerto Rican lizard cuckoo (Coccyzus vieilloti), the Puerto Rican tody (Todus mexicanus), the green mango (Anthracothorax viridis), the Puerto Rican bullfinch (Melopyrrha portoricensis), the Puerto Rican oriole (Icterus portoricensis), and Adelaide's warbler (Setophaga adelaidae). There is also a ...