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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: 542779
♀  Adult
El Cantadero
La Rioja
Argentina
04/20/2023
Carlos De Biagi
Foto
Photography ID: 483094
♀  Adult
El Cantadero
La Rioja
Argentina
02/15/2022
Carlos De Biagi
Foto
Photography ID: 468518
♀  Adult
El Cantadero
La Rioja
Argentina
08/27/2021
Carlos De Biagi
Foto
Photography ID: 262451
♀  Adult
El Cantadero
La Rioja
Argentina
04/29/2018
Federico Carlos Izasa
Foto
Photography ID: 250651
♂  Adult
El Cantadero
La Rioja
Argentina
02/24/2018
Carlos De Biagi
Foto
Photography ID: 164620
♀ 
El Cantadero
La Rioja
Argentina
10/22/2013
Rodolfo Capdevielle



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
226549302/03/2025ArgentinaLa RiojaEl Cantadero, El CantaderoAlec Earnshaw
180011320/04/2023ArgentinaLa RiojaQuebrada del agua, El CantaderoCarlos De Biagi
154902015/02/2022ArgentinaLa RiojaEl CantaderoCarlos De Biagi
148748627/08/2021ArgentinaLa RiojaEl CantaderoCarlos De Biagi
121306211/03/2020ArgentinaLa RiojaEl Cantadero2Carlos De Biagi
75058429/04/2018ArgentinaLa RiojaEl CantaderoFederico Carlos Izasa
70636224/02/2018ArgentinaLa RiojaEl CantaderoCarlos De Biagi
47118922/10/2013ArgentinaLa RiojaQuebrada de los ranchos a unos 3 km al oeste de El Cantadero, El CantaderoRodolfo Capdevielle
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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.