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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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Records from Lujan de Cuyo

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Sappho sparganura, Trochilus sparganurus.

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Latest feeding records
Is consumed, preyed upon or captured by
GroupSpeciesDateUser
PlantsTritoma (Kniphofia uvaria)21/02/2012Manuel Godoy



Last published photographs

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: 628419
♂  Adult
Lujan de Cuyo
Mendoza
Argentina
03/27/2025
Manuel Godoy
Foto
Photography ID: 364210
♂  Adult
Lujan de Cuyo
Mendoza
Argentina
11/18/2019
Santiago Alemán
Foto
Photography ID: 364209
♂  Adult
Lujan de Cuyo
Mendoza
Argentina
11/17/2019
Santiago Alemán
Foto
Photography ID: 364208
♂  Adult
Lujan de Cuyo
Mendoza
Argentina
11/19/2019
Santiago Alemán



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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
227324113/04/2025ArgentinaMendozaDique Cipolletti, Lujan de CuyoDamián Carnevale
226692127/03/2025ArgentinaMendozaDique Cipolletti, Lujan de CuyoDamián Carnevale
226692027/03/2025ArgentinaMendozaDique Cipolletti, Lujan de CuyoManuel Godoy
171300329/01/2023ArgentinaMendozaMedrano 2238, Lujan de Cuyo1Jorge La Grotteria
171297729/01/2023ArgentinaMendozaMedrano 2238, Lujan de Cuyo1María Alejandra Sosa
171060824/01/2023ArgentinaMendozaMedrano 2657, Lujan de Cuyo1María Alejandra Sosa
171054224/01/2023ArgentinaMendozaMedrano 2657, Lujan de Cuyo1Jorge La Grotteria
156414606/03/2022ArgentinaMendozaCacheuta, Lujan de Cuyo3Pablo Moreno
145249127/08/2021ArgentinaMendozaDistrito industrial, Lujan de Cuyo1Pedro Babsia
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Red-tailed Comet (Sappho sparganurus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/03/2026.