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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
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Synonyms: Sappho sparganura, Trochilus sparganurus.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 669075
♂  Adult
Capital
Salta
Argentina
08/23/2025
Pablo Sanchez
Foto
Photography ID: 459529
♂  Adult
Capital
Salta
Argentina
08/23/2021
Juan Manuel Canepa
Foto
Photography ID: 459528
♀  Adult
Capital
Salta
Argentina
08/22/2021
Juan Manuel Canepa



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
242005623/08/2025ArgentinaSaltaCerro San Bernardo, CapitalPablo Sanchez
221713326/08/2024ArgentinaSaltaQuebrada de San Lorenzo, Capital1Dominic Oviedo Löwen
218671726/08/2024ArgentinaSaltaQuebrada de San Lorenzo, Capital2Naré Berduc
217339226/08/2024ArgentinaSaltaQuebrada de San Lorenzo, Capital2Ralph Roberts
216945226/08/2024ArgentinaSaltaQuebrada de San Lorenzo, Capital2Bautista Villanueva
215558126/08/2024ArgentinaSaltaQuebrada de San Lorenzo, Capital2Nazareno Del Carlo
215165726/08/2024ArgentinaSaltaQuebrada de San Lorenzo, Capital2Faustino Hollmann
215023826/08/2024ArgentinaSaltaQuebrada de San Lorenzo, Capital2Juan Bautista Cerminato Granadé
214889626/08/2024ArgentinaSaltaQuebrada de San Lorenzo, Capital2Pajareritos Argentinos Y De América Y Del Mundo
230231424/08/2024ArgentinaSaltaReserva del Huaico, Capital1Juan Cambria
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Red-tailed Comet (Sappho sparganurus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 10/03/2026.