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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: 668013
♂  Adult
La Cumbre
Córdoba
Argentina
01/17/2026
Susana Gomez
Foto
Photography ID: 537131
♂  Adult
La Cumbre
Córdoba
Argentina
05/21/2023
Marcelo A Carranza
Foto
Photography ID: 513623
♀  Adult
La Cumbre
Córdoba
Argentina
11/05/2022
Marcelo A Carranza
Foto
Photography ID: 465416
♂  Adult
La Cumbre
Córdoba
Argentina
09/15/2021
Karina Kondert
Foto
Photography ID: 303728
♀  Adult
La Cumbre
Córdoba
Argentina
12/02/2018
Lucas Pisana



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
241806317/01/2026ArgentinaCórdobaLa CumbreFrancisco Encinosa
241740017/01/2026ArgentinaCórdobaLa CumbreSusana Gomez
177556221/05/2023ArgentinaCórdobaLa Cumbre, La CumbreMarcelo A Carranza
167059405/11/2022ArgentinaCórdobaLa Cumbre, La CumbreMarcelo A Carranza
147508815/09/2021ArgentinaCórdobaCamino a la cumbre, La CumbreKarina Kondert
131545222/11/2020ArgentinaCórdobaCerro de La Cruz, La Cumbre2Hugo Caverzasi
118546204/02/2020ArgentinaCórdobaCamino a Cuchi Corral, La CumbreRicardo A. Palonsky
113337018/11/2019ArgentinaCórdobaAlvear 149, La Cumbre4Lucas Pisana
85355402/12/2018ArgentinaCórdobaLa CumbreLucas Pisana
61774021/09/2017ArgentinaCórdobaLa CumbreEmiliano Garcia Loyola
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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.