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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 Ruta 13, Las Heras

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: 639997
♀  Immature
Ruta 13, Las Heras
Mendoza
Argentina
06/16/2025
Manuel Godoy
Foto
Photography ID: 421769
♂  Adult
Ruta 13, Las Heras
Mendoza
Argentina
11/28/2020
Silvio Montani
Foto
Photography ID: 150544
♀  Adult
Ruta 13, Las Heras
Mendoza
Argentina
05/22/2016
Valentín González Feltrup



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
230707916/06/2025ArgentinaMendozaEstancia Casa de Piedra, Ruta 13, Las HerasManuel Godoy
191222304/11/2023ArgentinaMendozaRuta 13, Ruta 13, Las Heras1Pablo Moreno
171565326/01/2023ArgentinaMendozaRuta 13, Ruta 13, Las Heras1Pablo Moreno
132019628/11/2020ArgentinaMendozaRuta 13, Ruta 13, Las HerasSilvio Montani
130723028/10/2020ArgentinaMendozaRuta 13, Ruta 13, Las HerasMatias Pescara
43625922/05/2016ArgentinaMendozaRuta 13, Las HerasValentín González Feltrup
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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.