Order
Coraciiformes
Family
Todidae
Genus
Todus
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
This is a historic version of this account.   Current version

Cuban Tody Todus multicolor

Andrew Farnsworth
Version: 1.0 — Published July 12, 2009

References

Introduction

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Garrido, O. and Kirkconnell, A. 2000. Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba. Cornell University Press.

Gonzalez, D. 1987. The Todidae: a description of the tody family. Avicultural Magazine 93: 147-151.

Kepler, A. K. 1977. Comparative study of todies (Todidae). Publications of the Nuttall Ornithological Club 16.

Kepler, A. K. 2001. Family Todidae (todies). Pages 250–263 in Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 6: Mousebirds to Hornbills (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal, Eds.). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.

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Olson, S. L. 1976. Oligocene fossils bearing on the origins of the Todidae and the Momotidae (Aves: Coraciiformes). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 27.

Overton, L. C., and D. D. Rhoads. 2004. Molecular phylogenetic relationships based on mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences for the todies (Todus, Todidae) of the Caribbean. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32: 524-538.

Pyle, P., McAndrews, A., Veléz, P., Wilkerson, R. L., Siegel, R. B. and DeSante, D. F. 2004. Molt patterns and age and sex determination of selected southeastern Cuban landbirds. Journal of Field Ornithology 75: 136-145.

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Rolle, F. 1961. Notes on the todies of the Greater Antilles. Mem. Soc. cubana Hist. nat. 25: 85-88.

Sharpe, R. B. 1874. On the genus Todus. Ibis 344-355.

Recommended Citation

Farnsworth, A. (2009). Cuban Tody (Todus multicolor), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.cubtod1.01
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