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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: 494223
  Adult
Carpintería
San Luis
Argentina
04/24/2022
Jorge Omar Lanza
Foto
Photography ID: 420495
♀  Immature
Carpintería
San Luis
Argentina
11/21/2020
Jorge Omar Lanza
Foto
Photography ID: 405696
  Adult
Cortaderas
San Luis
Argentina
07/26/2020
Jorge Omar Lanza
Foto
Photography ID: 369627
  Adult
Cerro Aspero
Córdoba
Argentina
12/21/2019
Jorge Omar Lanza
Foto
Photography ID: 369626
  Adult
Cerro Aspero
Córdoba
Argentina
12/21/2019
Jorge Omar Lanza
Foto
Photography ID: 351402
  Adult
Papagayos
San Luis
Argentina
09/15/2019
Jorge Omar Lanza
Foto
Photography ID: 341236
♀  Adult
Papagayos
San Luis
Argentina
07/07/2019
Jorge Omar Lanza
Foto
Photography ID: 253727
♂  Adult
Sierras de los Comechingones
San Luis
Argentina
03/11/2018
Jorge Omar Lanza
Foto
Photography ID: 223247
♀  Adult
San Lucas
Jujuy
Argentina
10/11/2017
Jorge Omar Lanza



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Page 1
Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
158282724/04/2022ArgentinaSan LuisCamino al mirador de Carpinteria, CarpinteríaJorge Omar Lanza
146330518/09/2021ArgentinaSan LuisCamino al mirador del Sol, Sierras de los ComechingonesJorge Omar Lanza
136337721/11/2020ArgentinaSan LuisCarpinteríaJorge Omar Lanza
127595726/07/2020ArgentinaSan LuisParaje San Miguel, CortaderasJorge Omar Lanza
115382121/12/2019ArgentinaCórdobaPueblo escondido, Cerro AsperoJorge Omar Lanza
97585615/09/2019ArgentinaSan LuisPapagayosJorge Omar Lanza
95523807/07/2019ArgentinaSan LuisPapagayosJorge Omar Lanza
81797107/10/2018ArgentinaSan LuisCamping Aguas Buenas, Camping Aguas Buenas, Villa LarcaJorge Omar Lanza
71297111/03/2018ArgentinaSan LuisLos Molles, camino a los 7 Saltos, Sierras de los ComechingonesJorge Omar Lanza
64334819/11/2017ArgentinaSan LuisCamping El Talar de Los Molles, Los Molles San LuisJorge Omar Lanza
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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.