Setopagis
| Setopagis | |
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| Little nightjar (Setopagis parvula) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family: | Caprimulgidae |
| Genus: | Setopagis Ridgway, 1912 |
| Type species | |
| Caprimulgus parvulus Gould, 1837
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Setopagis is a genus of South American nightjars in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus Setopagis was introduced in 1912 by the American ornithologist Robert Ridgway with Caprimulgus parvulus Gould, 1837, the little nightjar, as the type species.[1][2] The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek σης/sēs, σητος/sētos meaning "moth" and παγις/pagis meaning "trap".[3]
The genus contains the following four species:[4]
- Todd's nightjar (Setopagis heterura) – formerly treated as a subspecies of Setopagis parvula
- Little nightjar (Setopagis parvula)
- Roraiman nightjar (Setopagis whitelyi)
- Cayenne nightjar (Setopagis maculosa)
References
[edit]- ^ Ridgway, Robert (1912). "Diagnoses of some new genera of American birds". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 25: 97-102 [98].
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 196.
- ^ Jobling, James A. "Setopagis". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Frogmouths, Oilbird, potoos, nightjars". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
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