The Jamaican Tody is a small island endemic with a green back, red throat, and concealed pink flank tufts. It catches insects below the canopy and excavates nesting burrows.
It has a tiny rounded body, a long bill, bright green upperparts, and a ruby-red throat. Usually concealed pink tufts sit on the flanks.
It uses both wet and dry forest and eats insects, along with spiders, small lizards, and occasional fruit. Pairs dig burrows in vertical banks or rotten trunks, making a new tunnel each year.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.