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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: 9922
♀  Adult
Tafí del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
07/26/2011
Eduardo Di Fiore
Foto
Photography ID: 9892
♂  Adult
Tafí del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
07/12/2011
Eduardo Di Fiore



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
79177124/07/2018ArgentinaSan LuisAlrededores de Reserva Don Félix y Sacha Juan, Villa de MerloEduardo Di Fiore
2219926/07/2011ArgentinaTucumánTafí del ValleEduardo Di Fiore
2207812/07/2011ArgentinaTucumánTafí del ValleEduardo Di Fiore
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Red-tailed Comet (Sappho sparganurus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 26/03/2026.