The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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SETOPAGIS

(Caprimulgidae; † Little Nightjar S. parvula) Gr. σης sÄ“s, σητος sÄ“tos  moth; παγις pagis  trap  < παγη pagÄ“  snare  < Ï€Î·Î³Î½Ï…μι pÄ“gnumi  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).   Î£Î·Ï‚, ÏƒÎ·Ï„ος, a moth; Ï€Î±Î³Î¹Ï‚, 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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