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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: 553049
♂  Immature
Copina
Córdoba
Argentina
10/21/2023
Jorge Schlemmer
Foto
Photography ID: 461674
♂  Adult
Copina
Córdoba
Argentina
09/11/2021
Jorge Schlemmer
Foto
Photography ID: 419297
♂  Adult
Copina
Córdoba
Argentina
11/15/2020
Jorge Schlemmer
Foto
Photography ID: 197943
♂  Adult
Copina
Córdoba
Argentina
08/31/2014
Jorge Schlemmer
Foto
Photography ID: 182263
  Adult
Copina
Córdoba
Argentina
12/14/2016
Walter Bustamante



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
244320606/03/2026ArgentinaCórdobaCamino de Los Puentes Colgantes, Copina1Hugo Caverzasi
218267302/11/2024ArgentinaCórdobaCopina2Patricia Beatriz Benitez
190059721/10/2023ArgentinaCórdobaCopinaJorge Schlemmer
172163205/02/2023ArgentinaCórdobaCopinaMauro Carballo
146136711/09/2021ArgentinaCórdobaCamino de Los Puentes Colgantes, CopinaJorge Schlemmer
131179215/11/2020ArgentinaCórdobaCamino de Los Puentes Colgantes, CopinaJorge Schlemmer
51944114/12/2016ArgentinaCórdobaRuta vieja de las Altas Cumbres, CopinaWalter Bustamante
56337431/08/2014ArgentinaCórdobaCopinaJorge 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.