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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: 491651
♂  Adult
Ciudad de Mendoza
Mendoza
Argentina
03/16/2022
Diego Oscar
Foto
Photography ID: 7573
  Juvenile
Reserva Provincial Los Sosa
Tucumán
Argentina
06/20/2011
Diego Oscar



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
239996615/12/2025ArgentinaMendozaParque Provincial Cordón del Plata, Lujan de Cuyo1Diego Oscar
228115819/04/2025ArgentinaJujuyReserva Natural Privada Ecoportal de Piedra2Diego Oscar
228102318/04/2025ArgentinaJujuyRuta Provincial 6 - camino entre Ecoportal y El Fuerte1Diego Oscar
215641113/09/2024ArgentinaCórdobaVieja Ruta Provincial 141Diego Oscar
215639313/09/2024ArgentinaCórdobaLas vertientes, Ruta antigua altas cumbre1Diego Oscar
215619011/09/2024ArgentinaCórdobaParque de la memoria, Saldán1Diego Oscar
213100431/07/2024ArgentinaSaltaEl Nogalar1Diego Oscar
213091130/07/2024ArgentinaSaltaPuente "relatos Salvajes"1Diego Oscar
212620826/07/2024ArgentinaCórdobaCapilla de Buffo, Cabana, Unquillo4Diego Oscar
212612725/07/2024ArgentinaCórdobaCórdoba, Ar (-31.362, -64.4271Diego Oscar
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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.