Puerto Rican Tody
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Todies

Puerto Rican Tody

Todus mexicanus

LCLeast Concern Endemic to Puerto Rico
Family
Todies (Todidae)
Order
Coraciiformes

Overview

The Puerto Rican tody (Todus mexicanus), locally known in Spanish as San Pedrito ("little Saint Peter"), is a bird endemic to the main island of Puerto Rico. In 2022, the tody was approved as the official national bird of Puerto Rico by the legislative assembly. However, the proposal did not advance, largely due to the scientific name of the bird which erroneously identifies it as a native of Mexico. In 2023, the assembly approved a petition to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) seeking the renaming of the tody as Todus borinquensis.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Woodland and scrub of Puerto Rico.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

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Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.