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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: 647521
♂  Adult
Ciudad de Mendoza
Mendoza
Argentina
08/12/2025
Damián Carnevale
Foto
Photography ID: 640942
♀  Adult
Parque Xerófilo
Mendoza
Argentina
06/27/2025
Damián Carnevale
Foto
Photography ID: 630442
♂  Immature
Lujan de Cuyo
Mendoza
Argentina
04/13/2025
Damián Carnevale
Foto
Photography ID: 628420
♂  Adult
Lujan de Cuyo
Mendoza
Argentina
03/27/2025
Damián Carnevale
Foto
Photography ID: 598722
♂  Adult
Ciudad de Mendoza
Mendoza
Argentina
09/07/2024
Damián Carnevale
Foto
Photography ID: 592081
♂  Adult
Ciudad de Mendoza
Mendoza
Argentina
07/18/2024
Damián Carnevale
Foto
Photography ID: 560659
♂  Adult
Godoy Cruz
Mendoza
Argentina
09/20/2023
Damián Carnevale
Foto
Photography ID: 2391
♂  Adult
Cerro de la Gloria
Mendoza
Argentina
11/14/2010
Damián Carnevale
Foto
Photography ID: 2389
♀  Adult
Potrerillos
Mendoza
Argentina
01/22/2011
Damián Carnevale



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
234023012/08/2025ArgentinaMendozaParque General San Martin, Ciudad de MendozaDamián Carnevale
231162227/06/2025ArgentinaMendozaParque XerófiloDamián Carnevale
227324113/04/2025ArgentinaMendozaDique Cipolletti, Lujan de CuyoDamián Carnevale
226692127/03/2025ArgentinaMendozaDique Cipolletti, Lujan de CuyoDamián Carnevale
214676807/09/2024ArgentinaMendozaParque General San Martín (inmediaciones del Liceo Agrícola), Ciudad de MendozaDamián Carnevale
211482118/07/2024ArgentinaMendozaParque General San Martín, Ciudad de MendozaDamián Carnevale
193243220/09/2023ArgentinaMendozaVilla Hipódromo, Godoy CruzDamián Carnevale
832122/01/2011ArgentinaMendozaPotrerillosDamián Carnevale
832314/11/2010ArgentinaMendozaCerro de la GloriaDamián Carnevale
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Red-tailed Comet (Sappho sparganurus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 29/03/2026.