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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: 562970
♀  Adult
Humahuaca
Jujuy
Argentina
12/30/2023
Hugo Alberto Valderrey
Foto
Photography ID: 386490
♂  Adult
Humahuaca
Jujuy
Argentina
01/23/2020
Juan Manuel Canepa
Foto
Photography ID: 356591
♂  Adult
Humahuaca
Jujuy
Argentina
10/13/2019
Juan Sebastián Salgado
Foto
Photography ID: 302751
♂  Adult
Humahuaca
Jujuy
Argentina
12/06/2018
Luis Fernandez Campos
Foto
Photography ID: 186513
♂  Juvenile
Humahuaca
Jujuy
Argentina
01/24/2017
Santiago M. Carrillo
Foto
Photography ID: 46465
♀  Adult
Humahuaca
Jujuy
Argentina
02/26/2014
Marcelo Zanotti



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
227882710/04/2025ArgentinaJujuyHumahuacaDiego Carus
227358610/04/2025ArgentinaJujuyHumahuacaMaria Belén Dri
193793430/12/2023ArgentinaJujuyHumahuaca - Monumento independencia, HumahuacaHugo Alberto Valderrey
120812323/01/2020ArgentinaJujuyHumahuaca, HumahuacaJuan Manuel Canepa
111069713/10/2019ArgentinaJujuyCoctaca, HumahuacaJuan Sebastián Salgado
85106406/12/2018ArgentinaJujuyRuta 9 cruce ruta 13 a Iruya, HumahuacaLuis Fernandez Campos
125084614/03/2018ArgentinaJujuyHumahuaca - Monumento independencia, Humahuaca2Gabriel Carbajales
53184024/01/2017ArgentinaJujuyPucara, HumahuacaSantiago M. Carrillo
25140118/02/2015ArgentinaJujuyHumahuacaNatalia Bevacqua
193233420/01/2015ArgentinaJujuyHumahuaca, HumahuacaMariano Costa
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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.