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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: 581917
♀  Adult
Chilecito
La Rioja
Argentina
04/20/2024
Carlos De Biagi
Foto
Photography ID: 581916
♂  Adult
Chilecito
La Rioja
Argentina
04/20/2024
Carlos De Biagi
Foto
Photography ID: 184798
♂  Adult
Chilecito
La Rioja
Argentina
12/31/2016
Pablo Sanchez



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
226508822/02/2025ArgentinaLa Rioja3º Estacion - Puesto de Don Abrahan, ChilecitoAlec Earnshaw
214195320/08/2024ArgentinaLa RiojaChilecitoAdrian Braidotti
202746820/04/2024ArgentinaLa RiojaSañogasta, ChilecitoCarlos De Biagi
147993311/10/2021ArgentinaLa RiojaEstación 4 del Cable Carril, Chilecito12Andres Espindola
196153115/02/2021ArgentinaLa RiojaChilecito1Miguel Ansenuza
137020815/02/2021ArgentinaLa RiojaChilecito1Hugo Caverzasi
111344806/10/2019ArgentinaLa RiojaChilecitoGonzalo Diaz
52589631/12/2016ArgentinaLa RiojaChilecitoPablo Sanchez
41798325/03/2016ArgentinaLa RiojaChilecitoHernán Tolosa
26686904/04/2015ArgentinaLa RiojaChilecitoSebastián Dardanelli
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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.