Puerto Rican Tody
Todus mexicanus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The Puerto Rican tody, locally known in Spanish as San Pedrito, 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.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Todidae
- Genus
- Todus