Setopagis
Genus of birds
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Setopagis is a genus of South American nightjars in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
| Setopagis | |
|---|---|
| |
| Little nightjar (Setopagis parvula) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family: | Caprimulgidae |
| Genus: | Setopagis Ridgway, 1912 |
| Type species | |
| Caprimulgus parvulus Gould, 1837 | |
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)
