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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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Photography ID: 60093
♂  Adult
El Fuerte
Jujuy
Argentina
08/18/2014
Alec Earnshaw



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
191972202/11/2023ArgentinaJujuyEl Fuerte2Jorge Schlemmer
191811502/11/2023ArgentinaJujuyEl Fuerte2Nino A. Grangetto
191608802/11/2023ArgentinaJujuyEl Fuerte2Pablo Eguia
152480804/11/2021ArgentinaJujuyEl FuerteVictor Hugo Michelini
196269325/08/2021ArgentinaJujuyCamino 1, El Fuerte3Miguel Ansenuza
145651825/08/2021ArgentinaJujuyCamino 1, El Fuerte3Hugo Caverzasi
116640710/01/2020ArgentinaJujuyEl FuerteMarcelo Gavensky
68361912/11/2017ArgentinaJujuyEl FuerteMarcelo Gavensky
26956104/04/2015ArgentinaJujuyEl FuertePablo Eguia
16946818/08/2014ArgentinaJujuyFinca El Garabatal, El FuerteAlec Earnshaw
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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.