Todidae
Sign in to saveThe todies are a family, Todidae, of tiny Caribbean birds in the order Coraciiformes, which also includes the kingfishers, bee-eaters and rollers. The family has one living genus, Todus, and one genus known from the fossil record, Palaeotodus.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCoraciiformes
- FamilyTodidae
Los tódidos (Todidae), conocidos comúnmente como barrancolíes, cortacubas, cartacubas o sanpedritos, son una familia de aves coraciformes endémicas del Caribe insular. Incluye un único género: Todus.
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- Coraciiformes
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The todies are a family, Todidae, of tiny Caribbean birds in the order Coraciiformes, which also includes the kingfishers, bee-eaters and rollers. The family has one living genus, Todus, and one genus known from the fossil record, Palaeotodus.
==Taxonomy and systematics== The todies were originally placed in the kingfisher genus Alcedo before being placed in the genus Todus in 1760 by Mathurin Jacques Brisson. They have been linked to a large number of potential relatives since then, including nightjars, trogons, barbets, jacamars, puffbirds, kingfishers, motmots and even some passerine species such as broadbills, cotingas and flowerpeckers. The todies were placed in their own order, Todiformes, before being placed in the Coraciiformes.