Broad-billed Tody Todus subulatus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (24)
- Monotypic
Text last updated March 7, 2011
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Catalan | todi becample |
Croatian | žutotrbi todi |
Czech | todi širokozobý |
Dutch | Diksnaveltodie |
English | Broad-billed Tody |
English (United States) | Broad-billed Tody |
Finnish | leveänokkatodi |
French | Todier à bec large |
French (Canada) | Todier à bec large |
German | Breitschnabeltodi |
Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Kolibri Fran |
Icelandic | Breiðtoddi |
Japanese | ハシブトコビトドリ |
Norwegian | brednebbtodi |
Polish | płaskodziobek duży |
Russian | Ширококлювый тоди |
Serbian | Širokokljuni todi |
Slovak | todi širokozobý |
Spanish | Barrancolí Picogrueso |
Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Barrancolí |
Spanish (Spain) | Barrancolí picogrueso |
Swedish | brednäbbad todi |
Turkish | Geniş Gagalı Todi |
Ukrainian | Тоді широкодзьобий |
Todus subulatus Gray, 1847
Definitions
- TODUS
- todus
- subulata / subulatus
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Introduction
The Broad-billed Tody (Todus subulatus) is a typical tody: a small, short-tailed, chunky bird with bright colors and a long, flattened bill. It is found on Hispaniola, which is the only island on which more than a single species of tody occurs: the Narrow-billed Tody (Todus angustirostris) tends to occur at higher elevations on the island, above 700 m, while the lowlands of Hispaniola are occupied by the Broad-billed Tody. The two species are similar in plumage - bright green above, with a red throat and paler underparts - but the Broad-billed Tody is washed with yellow on the breast, and mandible is entirely red (lacking the dusky tip on the mandible of Narrow-billed). The two species also have different vocalizations, and different foraging behaviors: the Broad-billed Tody consistently forages higher above the ground than does the Narrow-billed Tody.