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  AllRefer.com - tody (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia
Bright green above with red throats, they are forest birds called robins by Jamaicans, although not related to the robin.
The nestlings are born gray-throated but soon molt to red.
Todies are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Coraciiformes, family Todidae.
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 MavicaNET - Todies (Todidae)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Common name for small (3—4 in./9—10 cm) West Indian birds of the family Todidae, comprising the single genus Todus.
Though this species is locally common in Jamaica, the evolutionary significance of the family Todidae should not be underrated: fossil records show that they once were present in Central America and their range extended well into North America
Any of various small birds of the family Todidae, of the West Indies, related to the kingfisher and the motmot and having colorful, predominantly green plumage and a bright red throat.
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 SCOPATE TOMIA: AN ADAPTATION FOR HANDLING HARD-SHELLED PREY?
Com- monly they are most strongly developed distally and diminish proximally.
A unique situation prevails among todies (Todidae) and motmots (Mom- otidae) with denticulate tomia in which brushes are mainly developed on the crests of the individual horny teeth.
KEPLER, A.K. Comparative study oftodies (Todidae): with emphasis on the Puerto Rican Tody, Todus mexicanus.
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 Alcediniformes - EvoWiki
A taxon united by the structure of the stapes, including Meropidae, Momotidae, Alcedinidae, Todidae, and probably Trogonidae.
The alcediniform birds lie at the base of the higher perching bird assemblage.
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Bibliografía usada en la familia de los Todidae.
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 Find in a Library: Comparative study of todies (Todidae), with emphasis on the Puerto Rican tody, Todus mexicanus
Find in a Library: Comparative study of todies (Todidae), with emphasis on the Puerto Rican tody, Todus mexicanus
Comparative study of todies (Todidae), with emphasis on the Puerto Rican tody, Todus mexicanus
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 Definition of todidae - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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