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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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Records from Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Sappho sparganura, Trochilus sparganurus.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 652394
♂  Adult
Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala
Jujuy
Argentina
09/12/2025
Matias M. Chavez
Foto
Photography ID: 610663
♂  Adult
Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala
Jujuy
Argentina
09/29/2024
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 520357
♀  Adult
Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala
Jujuy
Argentina
02/15/2021
Santos Uranga
Foto
Photography ID: 511591
♀  Adult
Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala
Jujuy
Argentina
09/15/2022
Elsa Longo
Foto
Photography ID: 441404
♂  Adult
Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala
Jujuy
Argentina
03/09/2021
Jorge Schlemmer
Foto
Photography ID: 438974
♂  Adult
Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala
Jujuy
Argentina
03/09/2021
Pablo Alberto Re
Foto
Photography ID: 433742
♂  Adult
Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala
Jujuy
Argentina
01/24/2021
Andrés Cecconi
Foto
Photography ID: 358803
♂  Adult
Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala
Jujuy
Argentina
09/26/2019
Elsa Longo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
240071216/11/2025ArgentinaJujuyCamino desde termas de reyes a lagunas., Parque Provincial Potrero de YalaFederico J. Villegas
236634822/09/202509:41ArgentinaJujuyParque Provincial Potrero de YalaEduardo Cusano
236450812/09/2025ArgentinaJujuyParque Provincial Potrero de Yala1Gabriel Carbajales
235973012/09/2025ArgentinaJujuyParque Provincial Potrero de YalaMatias M. Chavez
220362027/11/2024ArgentinaJujuyParque Provincial Potrero de YalaNicolas Olejnik
220367826/11/2024ArgentinaJujuyParque Provincial Potrero de YalaNicolas Olejnik
219781122/10/2024ArgentinaJujuyRío Las Horquetas, Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala1Elsa Longo
219933629/09/2024ArgentinaJujuyLagunas de Yala, Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala3Pablo Eguia
215728616/09/2024ArgentinaJujuyRío Yala, Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala1Jose Luis Fernandez Guaraz
192025004/11/2023ArgentinaJujuyLos Nogales, Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala1Jorge Schlemmer
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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.