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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: 678038
♂  Adult
Dique de Pinchas
La Rioja
Argentina
03/07/2026
Carlos De Biagi
Foto
Photography ID: 678025
♀  Adult
Tinogasta
Catamarca
Argentina
03/07/2026
Carlos De Biagi
Foto
Photography ID: 651294
♀  Adult
Reserva Natural Urbana Taku
La Rioja
Argentina
09/06/2025
Carlos De Biagi
Foto
Photography ID: 647714
♀  Adult
Reserva Natural Urbana Taku
La Rioja
Argentina
08/09/2025
Carlos De Biagi
Foto
Photography ID: 639920
♀  Adult
Reserva Natural Urbana Taku
La Rioja
Argentina
06/14/2025
Carlos De Biagi
Foto
Photography ID: 605504
♀  Adult
Reserva Natural Urbana Taku
La Rioja
Argentina
09/19/2024
Carlos De Biagi



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
244788114/03/2026ArgentinaLa RiojaReserva Natural Urbana Taku1Carlos De Biagi
244780907/03/2026ArgentinaLa RiojaDique de PinchasCarlos De Biagi
244779407/03/2026ArgentinaCatamarcaTermas La Aguadita, TinogastaCarlos De Biagi
243969124/02/2026ArgentinaLa RiojaReserva Natural Pampa de la Viuda AgustinaCarlos De Biagi
240057711/12/2025ArgentinaLa RiojaReserva Natural Pampa de la Viuda AgustinaCarlos De Biagi
238615413/11/2025ArgentinaLa RiojaReserva Natural Pampa de la Viuda AgustinaCarlos De Biagi
235508706/09/2025ArgentinaLa RiojaReserva Natural Urbana TakuCarlos De Biagi
234059809/08/2025ArgentinaLa RiojaReserva Natural Urbana TakuCarlos De Biagi
230695014/06/2025ArgentinaLa RiojaReserva Natural Urbana TakuCarlos De Biagi
229171310/05/2025ArgentinaLa RiojaReserva Natural Urbana Taku2Carlos De Biagi
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Red-tailed Comet (Sappho sparganurus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 25/03/2026.