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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: 145653
♂  Adult
La Crucecita
Mendoza
Argentina
03/25/2016
Valentín González Feltrup
Foto
Photography ID: 141053
♀  Adult
La Crucecita
Mendoza
Argentina
02/09/2016
Tomas Widow
Foto
Photography ID: 72729
♂  Adult
La Crucecita
Mendoza
Argentina
04/17/2014
Pablo Moreno
Foto
Photography ID: 53335
♀  Adult
La Crucecita
Mendoza
Argentina
06/01/2014
Silvio Montani



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
42210425/03/2016ArgentinaMendozaLa CrucecitaValentín González Feltrup
41018909/02/2016ArgentinaMendozaLa CrucecitaTomas Widow
15322501/06/2014ArgentinaMendozaLa CrucecitaSilvio Montani
21124417/04/2014ArgentinaMendozaLa CrucecitaPablo Moreno
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Red-tailed Comet (Sappho sparganurus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 12/03/2026.