The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- SETOPAGIS
(Caprimulgidae; †Little Nightjar S. parvula) Gr. σης sēs, σητος sētos moth; παγις pagis trap < παγη pagē snare < πηγνυμι pēgnumi to stick; "Setopagis gen. nov. Type, Caprimulgus parvulus Gould. Nearest Antrostomus, but differing in the relatively small bill, and in the adult male having a white patch on middle portion of primaries (none of the numerous species of Antrostomus being thus marked). Σης, σητος, a moth; παγις, trap." (Ridgway 1912); "Setopagis Ridgway, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 25, p. 98. Type, by original designation, Caprimulgus parvulus Gould." (Peters, 1940, IV, p. 196).
Synon. Tetroura.
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