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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: 578979
  Adult

El Siambón
Tucumán
Argentina
03/28/2024
Juan Manuel Canepa
Foto
Photography ID: 459529
  Adult

Capital
Salta
Argentina
08/23/2021
Juan Manuel Canepa
Foto
Photography ID: 459528
  Adult

Capital
Salta
Argentina
08/22/2021
Juan Manuel Canepa
Foto
Photography ID: 386490
  Adult

Humahuaca
Jujuy
Argentina
01/23/2020
Juan Manuel Canepa



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
202015828/03/2024ArgentinaTucumánLoma Alta Raco, El SiambónJuan Manuel Canepa
145377923/08/2021ArgentinaSaltaCerro San Bernardo, CapitalJuan Manuel Canepa
145377822/08/2021ArgentinaSaltaCerro San Bernardo, CapitalJuan Manuel Canepa
120812323/01/2020ArgentinaJujuyHumahuaca, HumahuacaJuan Manuel Canepa
95849430/07/2019ArgentinaTucumánReserva Experimental Horco MolleJuan Manuel Canepa
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Red-tailed Comet (Sappho sparganurus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 30/03/2026.