Little Nightjar
Little Nightjar
Here the details of the Little Nightjar named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Caprimulgus parvulus Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt5 no.50 p.22
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Caprimulgidae / Setopagis
Taxonomy Code: litnig1
Type Locality: No locality given, but type from near Santa Fe, Rio Parana, Argentina.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1837
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SETOPAGIS
(Caprimulgidae; Ϯ 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).
Synon. Tetroura.
parvula / parvulum / parvulus
L. parvulus very small < dim. parvus small.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)