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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: 669734
♂  Immature
Tafí del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
01/24/2026
Viviana Fuentes
Foto
Photography ID: 664450
♂  Adult
Tafí del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
12/17/2025
Diego Carus
Foto
Photography ID: 663403
♀  Adult
Villa Nougués
Tucumán
Argentina
07/12/2025
Walter Bustamante
Foto
Photography ID: 625752
♀  Adult
El Infiernillo
Tucumán
Argentina
01/22/2025
Gustavo Daniel González
Foto
Photography ID: 625750
♂  Adult
Tafí del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
01/22/2025
Gustavo Daniel González
Foto
Photography ID: 594436
  Adult
El Infiernillo
Tucumán
Argentina
01/28/2024
Jorge Blackhall
Foto
Photography ID: 594419
♂  Adult
El Infiernillo
Tucumán
Argentina
01/27/2024
Jorge Blackhall
Foto
Photography ID: 594410
♂  Adult
El Infiernillo
Tucumán
Argentina
01/26/2024
Jorge Blackhall
Foto
Photography ID: 594321
♂  Adult
Tafí del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
01/26/2024
Jorge Blackhall
Foto
Photography ID: 594007
♂  Adult
Tafi del vale
Tucumán
Argentina
09/14/2018
Pablo Barrera
Foto
Photography ID: 581391
  Adult
Tafí del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
01/27/2024
Jorge Blackhall



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
242275224/01/2026ArgentinaTucumánRuta 307 Entre El Infiernillo Y Tafi Del Valle, Tafí del ValleViviana Fuentes
240678320/12/2025ArgentinaTucumánCamping Municipal Los Sauzales, Tafí del ValleMaria Belén Dri
240637220/12/2025ArgentinaTucumánCamping Municipal Los Sauzales, Tafí del ValleDiego Carus
240668717/12/2025ArgentinaTucumánCascada Los Alisos, Tafí del ValleMaria Belén Dri
240391417/12/2025ArgentinaTucumánCascada Los Alisos, Tafí del ValleDiego Carus
240662713/12/2025ArgentinaTucumánAcceso los Cardones, Parque Provincial Cumbres CalchaquíesMaria Belén Dri
240618313/12/2025ArgentinaTucumánAcceso los Cardones, Parque Provincial Cumbres CalchaquíesDiego Carus
240653509/12/2025ArgentinaTucumánMirador Rio Los Sosa, Reserva Provincial Los SosaMaria Belén Dri
240611409/12/2025ArgentinaTucumánMirador Rio Los Sosa, Reserva Provincial Los SosaDiego Carus
240649708/12/2025ArgentinaTucumánQuebrada del Barón, El InfiernilloMaria Belén Dri
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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.