The Jamaican tody is a species of bird in the genus Todus endemic to Jamaica. Local names for the Jamaican tody include rasta bird, robin and robin redbreast.
Jamaican tody
The Blue Mountains in Jamaica are one of the Jamaican tody's most common habitats
Jamaican tody perched on branch in tree
Todus is a genus of birds in the family Todidae, the todies, found in the Caribbean. It is the only extant genus within the family Todidae. The five species are small, near passerine birds of the forests of the Greater Antilles: Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and Cuba, with adjacent islands, have one species each, and Hispaniola has two, the broad-billed tody in the lowlands and the narrow-billed tody in the highlands.
Todus
Image: Cuban tody (Todus multicolor)
Image: DR Broad billed Tody 1
Image: Narrow billed tody 6