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Puerto Rican Tody
San Pedrito
Todus mexicanus
The Puerto Rican tody (Todus mexicanus), locally known in Spanish as San Pedrito ("little Saint Peter"), 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.
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Sound recorded by Bobby Wilcox · XC796586 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Visualization by Stichting Xeno-canto voor Natuurgeluiden.
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About the Puerto Rican Tody
This atlas includes Puerto Rican Tody (Todus mexicanus) with atlas status “Puerto Rico endemic” within scope “Avibase inferred core 380.” Puerto Rico context sources associate it with Forest; woodland; karst; coffee and shaded plantations.
Conservation
Least Concern
IUCN LC
- Global IUCN
- LC
- Puerto Rico DNER
- No current listing in source crosswalk
- Federal ESA
- No current listing in source crosswalk
- Critical habitat
- Not identified in source crosswalk
Natural history
How it lives
- Habitat
- Forest; woodland; karst; coffee and shaded plantations
- Elevation
- 0–900 m
- Nest
- Burrow / ground cavity · Ground
- Clutch
- 1–4 eggs
- Social behavior
- Singly and pairs
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- How to Read a Bird Distribution Map
- How to do a 5-minute point count
- Why to Limit Pishing and Other Bird-attraction Methods
- How to keep a field notebook for birds in Puerto Rico
- Diagnostic photography for bird identification
- How to assign breeding codes in eBird for Puerto Rico
- How to observe Puerto Rican Woodpecker foraging
- Bird tracking: tracks, feathers, and signs
- How to observe molt and plumage for bird identification
- Endemic Bird Scavenger Hunt: Puerto Rico Map
- Beaks and Diets: A Matching Game
- Sound Bingo: Dawn Chorus
- Build a Bird Food Web with Puerto Rico Birds
- Nesting Calendar: A Timeline Activity
- Create a Bird Field Guide Page
- Habitat Diorama: Dry Forest vs. Rainforest
- Engineering Challenge: Design a Beak
- Bird Poetry and Puerto Rican Names
- Sound Mapping: Layers of the Morning Chorus
- Habitat Match: Mangrove, Karst, and Coffee
- What is the national bird of Puerto Rico?
- Where to see the Puerto Rican Parrot today
- Conserving Elfin-woods Warbler
- Best Apps and Field Guides for Puerto Rico Birds
- Songs and calls
- Birds of El Yunque
- Birds of the karst
- When to watch birds
- Birds in Puerto Rican culture
- Hurricanes and birds
- Plan your birding trip
- Birds of Guajataca State Forest
- Birds of Río Abajo
- Puerto Rican names
- Puerto Rico in three days
- Birds of Toro Negro State Forest
- Birds of Carite State Forest
- How to Help Puerto Rico Birds Through Citizen Science
- Birds of shade coffee
- Puerto Rico in seven days
- Laws That Protect Birds in Puerto Rico
- Bird Photography Tips for Puerto Rico
- School project on Puerto Rico birds
- Lesson plan on Puerto Rico birds
- Red birds
- Birds of Cambalache State Forest
- Green birds
- The Dawn Chorus in Puerto Rico: Which Birds Sing First
- Birds of Bosque del Pueblo, Adjuntas
- Birds of Susúa State Forest
- Small birds
- Birds of the UPR Botanical Garden
- Fun facts about Puerto Rico birds for kids
- Endemic birds
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Research note: Traditional endemic