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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: 606776
♀  Adult
Merlo
San Luis
Argentina
10/13/2024
Claudia Mon
Foto
Photography ID: 590332
♀  Adult
Merlo
San Luis
Argentina
10/25/2021
Gustavo Abel Larracoechea



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
225102523/02/2025ArgentinaSan LuisMerlo1Hugo Caverzasi
218101713/10/2024ArgentinaSan LuisReserva Florofaunísca El Tabaquillo, MerloClaudia Mon
204454417/06/2024ArgentinaSan LuisMerloDolores Fernandez
204930309/06/2024ArgentinaSan LuisVilla De Merlo, Merlo1Pablo Moreno
204384801/06/2024ArgentinaSan LuisCamino de la Reserva Don Félix y Sacha Juan, MerloEnrique Sanz
203550520/05/2024ArgentinaSan LuisPoeta Conti 823, MerloGuillermo Marcaida
176357211/05/2023ArgentinaSan LuisMerloDolores Fernandez
210120125/10/2021ArgentinaSan LuisPasos malos, MerloGustavo Abel Larracoechea
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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.