Roraiman Nightjar / Setopagis whitelyi
WBN 
Roraiman Nightjar
SCI Name:
Protonym: Antrostomus whitelyi Ibis p.438
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Caprimulgidae / Setopagis
Taxonomy Code: rornig1
Type Locality: Mt. Roraima, 3500 feet, British Guiana.
Author: Salvin
Publish Year: 1885
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.
whitelyana / whitelyi
Henry Whitely, Jr. (1844-1892) English collector in Japan and tropical America (syn. Amazilia brevirostris, syn. Delichon dasypus, syn. Elaenia cristata, Heliodoxa, syn. Phaethornis bourcieri, Pipreola, Setopagis, Tangara).
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)
