Red-tailed Comet (Sappho sparganurus)
This photograph corresponds to a record of Red-tailed Comet (Sappho sparganurus) made in Cerro San Bernardo, Salta (Capital), Salta, Argentina on 20/04/2017. The photograph was published by Eduardo Vicente Fumarola and is part of the EcoRegistros biodiversity database.
Author's comments:
La inflorescencia color naranja de la que se ocupa nuestro juvenil personaje, es una Asterácea muy común en el Cerro San Bernardo. Su nombre popular es Azafrán o Azafrancillo, taxonómicamente corresponde a Cnicothamnus lorentzii.
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Record
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum / Division: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Scientific name: | Sappho sparganurus |
| English Name: | Red-tailed Comet |
| Spanish Name: | Picaflor Cometa |
| Portuguese Name: | |
| Sex: | Indistinguishable |
| Life stage: | Juvenile |
| Registration date: | 20/04/2017 |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Province / Department: | Salta |
| Location or protected area: | Salta (Capital) |
| Detailed location: | Cerro San Bernardo |
| Coordinates - Detailed location: | -24.795501, -65.389316 |
| Altitude - Detailed location: | 1287 m a.s.l. |
| Location accuracy: | Medium |
| Belonging: | Native |
| Condition: | Wild |
| Certainty: | Photographed |
| Reproduction information: | No |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | |
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| Photography ID: | 199808 View Full Record |
| Manufacturer: | Panasonic |
| Camera model: | DMC-FZ70 |
| Shutter speed: | 10/1000 |
| Aperture: | 5.6 |
| ISO Sensitivity: | 160 |
| Focal length: | 150mm |
| Creation date: | 2017:04:20 23:54:52 |
| Using Flash: | No |
| Publication date: | 04/22/2017 21:01:32 |
