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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: 539199
♂  Adult
San Francisco
Jujuy
Argentina
06/06/2023
Carlos De Biagi
Foto
Photography ID: 15278
♂  Adult
San Francisco
Jujuy
Argentina
08/19/2012
Rosana Ursino



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
236194009/09/2025ArgentinaJujuySan Francisco1Gabriel Carbajales
214084914/08/2024ArgentinaJujuyRp83 entre San Francisco y Peña Alta, San FranciscoAdrian Braidotti
212487823/07/2024ArgentinaJujuyCamino a las termas, San FranciscoMauro Carballo
212180423/07/2024ArgentinaJujuyTermas del Río Jordán, San FranciscoMauro Carballo
189278625/09/2023ArgentinaJujuySan Francisco, San Francisco1Hugo Caverzasi
189027225/09/2023ArgentinaJujuyAlrrededores, San FranciscoPablo Meoniz
190327402/09/2023ArgentinaJujuySendero a la cascada, San FranciscoAlec Earnshaw
190171331/08/2023ArgentinaJujuyRp83 entre San Francisco y Peña Alta, San FranciscoAlec Earnshaw
190162029/08/2023ArgentinaJujuyRp83 entre San Francisco y Peña Alta, San FranciscoAlec Earnshaw
178323906/06/2023ArgentinaJujuySan FranciscoCarlos De Biagi
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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.