Meet Cuban Tody - One Of The Most Beautiful Birds In The World

These very cute bird species are one of the smallest of hummingbirds. As the name suggests, these birds are native to Cuba. They live on the islands of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Hispaniola. Let's get to know these birds in more detail.

Cuban todies make three sounds, a "totting" sound that is very common, a second sound that is not as common but which has a shorter lower frequency and a third sound that is created from the movement of the wings (Ornithology). The tody's high pitched voice has a rapid sound like that of an alarm, a sharp repetitive tot-tot-tot sound (Hand book of Birds). Between eastern and western Cuban todies there is a variation of songs that is thought to be genetically determined (Eneider and Emmanuel).