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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: 583910
♀  Adult
Reserva Natural Villavicencio
Mendoza
Argentina
05/11/2024
Emilio Martin Perez
Foto
Photography ID: 499410
♂  Adult
Capital
Mendoza
Argentina
07/07/2022
Emilio Martin Perez
Foto
Photography ID: 445165
♀  Adult
Reserva Natural Villavicencio
Mendoza
Argentina
05/16/2021
Emilio Martin Perez
Foto
Photography ID: 397196
♀  Adult
Reserva Natural Villavicencio
Mendoza
Argentina
05/04/2020
Emilio Martin Perez
Foto
Photography ID: 278957
♂  Adult
Chacras de Coria
Mendoza
Argentina
07/25/2018
Emilio Martin Perez
Foto
Photography ID: 240216
♂  Adult
Reserva Natural Villavicencio
Mendoza
Argentina
01/13/2018
Emilio Martin Perez
Foto
Photography ID: 226708
♂  Adult
Reserva Natural Villavicencio
Mendoza
Argentina
10/22/2017
Emilio Martin Perez



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
241762510/01/2026ArgentinaMendozaReserva Natural Villavicencio1Emilio Martin Perez
228467204/05/2025ArgentinaCatamarcaSelva de los túneles, La Merced2Emilio Martin Perez
228461303/05/2025ArgentinaCatamarcaDique Sumampa, La Viña1Emilio Martin Perez
228451702/05/2025ArgentinaTucumánCamino a Tafi del Valle2Emilio Martin Perez
228448601/05/2025ArgentinaTucumánCamino a El Infiernilllo1Emilio Martin Perez
225773928/02/2025ArgentinaMendozaReserva Natural Villavicencio1Emilio Martin Perez
225776527/02/2025ArgentinaMendozaReserva Natural Villavicencio1Emilio Martin Perez
213746126/08/2024ArgentinaMendozaParque general san martin, Capital12Emilio Martin Perez
210206225/06/2024ArgentinaMendozaReserva Natural Villavicencio1Emilio Martin Perez
203382611/05/2024ArgentinaMendozaReserva Natural VillavicencioEmilio Martin Perez
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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.