Setopagis
| Setopagis | |
|---|---|
| Little nightjar (Setopagis parvula) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family: | Caprimulgidae |
| Genus: | 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
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
- ^ 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.