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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: 582048
♂  Adult
Famatina
La Rioja
Argentina
04/21/2024
Carlos De Biagi
Foto
Photography ID: 582037
♂  Adult
Famatina
La Rioja
Argentina
04/21/2024
Carlos De Biagi
Foto
Photography ID: 356528
♂  Adult
Famatina
La Rioja
Argentina
10/07/2019
Diego Carus
Foto
Photography ID: 356510
♂  Adult
Famatina
La Rioja
Argentina
10/09/2019
Diego Carus
Foto
Photography ID: 262011
♀  Adult
Famatina
La Rioja
Argentina
12/12/2017
Federico Carlos Izasa



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
226514724/02/2025ArgentinaLa RiojaDique de Chañarmuyo, FamatinaAlec Earnshaw
202782121/04/2024ArgentinaLa RiojaAlto Carrizal - Circuito Encantado, FamatinaCarlos De Biagi
202780421/04/2024ArgentinaLa RiojaDique de Chañarmuyo, FamatinaCarlos De Biagi
147963208/10/2021ArgentinaLa RiojaFamatina2Andres Espindola
196161317/02/2021ArgentinaLa RiojaCamino a La Mejicana 2, Famatina2Miguel Ansenuza
137155117/02/2021ArgentinaLa RiojaCamino a La Mejicana 2, Famatina2Hugo Caverzasi
111827009/10/2019ArgentinaLa RiojaFamatinaMaria Belén Dri
111047809/10/2019ArgentinaLa RiojaFamatinaDiego Carus
111827307/10/2019ArgentinaLa RiojaFamatinaMaria Belén Dri
111050307/10/2019ArgentinaLa RiojaFamatinaDiego Carus
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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.