Todd’s Nightjar
Todd's Nightjar
Here the details of the Todd's Nightjar named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Setopagis heterurus Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. 28 p.81
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Caprimulgidae / Setopagis
Taxonomy Code: samnig1
Type Locality: La Tigrera, Santa Marta, Colombia.
Author: Todd
Publish Year: 1915
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.
heterura / heterurus
Gr. ἑτερος heteros different; -ουρος -ouros -tailed < ουρα oura tail.
Heterura
(Motacillidae; syn. Anthus † Upland Pipit A. sylvanus) Gr. ἑτερος heteros different; ουρα oura tail; "Genus Heterura, mihi. ... tail ample, scansorial, that is, distinctly rigid, and the separate plumes acutely wedged; form of the tail Parian, or slightly graduate from centre and from sides ... Exclusively monticolous; found in the brushy uplands of the central region; feed and breed on the ground ... Type, H. sylvana, mihi ... It seems to be an analogous form to Praticola, and to belong to the Alaudinæ, near Brachonyx. Its tail in form reminds one of Dolichonyx." (Hodgson 1845); "Heterura Hodgson, 1845, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, XIII (cxlvi), p. 33 (not of von Siebold, 1837 (Vermes)). Type, by original designation, Heterura sylvana Hodgson, 1845." (JAJ 2021).
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)