The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- Tetroura
(Caprimulgidae; syn. Setopagis † Little Nightjar S. parvula ) Gr. τετρας tetras four; ουρα oura tail; alluding to four short, moulting, central tail feathers; "9e Sous-genre: TETROURA, Lesson. Amérique. — 429. Caprimulgus enicurus, Vieill., Ency., p. 543; Ibijau cola extrana, azara, Pax. II, 536, nº 315; Caprimulgus manurus, Vieill., Ency. 540: hab. Paraguay (Brésil)." (Lesson 1843); "Tetroura Lesson, 1843, L'Écho du Monde Savant, 10 année, VIII (5), col. 109. Type, by monotypy, Caprimulgus enicurus Vieillot, 1817 (nom. oblit.) = Caprimulgus parvulus Gould, 1837." (JAJ 2021).
Var. Tetrura.
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