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Setopagis
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Setopagis is a genus of South American nightjars in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
==Taxonomy== The genus Setopagis was introduced in 1912 by the American ornithologist Robert Ridgway with Caprimulgus parvulus Gould, 1837, the little nightjar, as the type species. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek σης/sēs, σητος/sētos meaning "moth" and παγις/pagis meaning "trap".
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