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Red-tailed Comet

Sappho sparganurus
(Shaw, G, 1812)
Picaflor Cometa
Family: Trochilidae
Order: Apodiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Sappho sparganura, Trochilus sparganurus.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 171210
♀  Adult
Unquillo
Córdoba
Argentina
10/09/2016
Eugenia Boggiano
Foto
Photography ID: 139002
♀  Adult
Complejo Arco Iris
Córdoba
Argentina
02/06/2016
Eugenia Boggiano
Foto
Photography ID: 120086
♀  Adult
Reserva Los Manantiales
Córdoba
Argentina
10/10/2015
Eugenia Boggiano
Foto
Photography ID: 108785
♀  Adult
Reserva Los Manantiales
Córdoba
Argentina
07/26/2015
Eugenia Boggiano
Foto
Photography ID: 87842
♂  Adult
Valle de la Luna
Departamento de La Paz
Bolivia
01/23/2015
Eugenia Boggiano



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
157501016/04/2022ArgentinaCórdobaAvenida Siete Colores, San Marcos Sierras, Córdoba, Ar, Cruz del Eje1Eugenia Boggiano
146381429/08/2021ArgentinaJujuyReserva Natural Privada Ecoportal de Piedra1Eugenia Boggiano
144603127/07/2021ArgentinaCórdobaReserva san Martin, Cordoba capital1Eugenia Boggiano
141656114/06/2021ArgentinaCórdobaReserva Los Manantiales, Río Ceballos1Eugenia Boggiano
124460307/02/2019ArgentinaCórdobaReserva Natural Los Manantiales (río Ceballos)Eugenia Boggiano
49100609/10/2016ArgentinaCórdobaReserva Municipal Hídrica Los Quebrachitos, Unquillo7Eugenia Boggiano
40423307/02/2016ArgentinaCórdobaVilla Animi - La GranjaEugenia Boggiano
40508406/02/2016ArgentinaCórdobaComplejo Arco IrisEugenia Boggiano
40420406/02/2016ArgentinaCórdobaReserva Los ManantialesEugenia Boggiano
40413504/02/2016ArgentinaCórdobaDique La QuebradaEugenia Boggiano
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Red-tailed Comet (Sappho sparganurus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 22/03/2026.