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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 Parque Nacional los Cardones

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: 471205
♂  Adult
Parque Nacional los Cardones
Salta
Argentina
10/27/2021
Victor Hugo Michelini
Foto
Photography ID: 365449
  Adult
Parque Nacional los Cardones
Salta
Argentina
11/18/2019
Guillermo Garcia
Foto
Photography ID: 247810
♂  Adult
Parque Nacional los Cardones
Salta
Argentina
01/23/2018
Andres Teran



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
226044701/02/2025ArgentinaSaltaValle Encantado, Parque Nacional los Cardones3Pablo Moreno
221416208/12/2024ArgentinaSaltaCamino a Cerro Negro, Parque Nacional los Cardones1Nicolás Bejarano
221237908/12/2024ArgentinaSaltaCamino a Cerro Negro, Parque Nacional los Cardones1Luis Cesar Tejo
221157808/12/2024ArgentinaSaltaCamino a Cerro Negro, Parque Nacional los Cardones1Daniela Espinosa
149544027/10/2021ArgentinaSaltaValle Encantado, Parque Nacional los CardonesVictor Hugo Michelini
113995518/11/2019ArgentinaSaltaValle Encantado, Parque Nacional los CardonesGuillermo Garcia
97190913/09/2019ArgentinaSaltaParque Nacional los CardonesNicolas Olejnik
80666306/09/2018ArgentinaSaltaValle Encantado, Parque Nacional los CardonesWalter Liriel Gómez Umpierrez
69628223/01/2018ArgentinaSaltaValle Encantado, Parque Nacional los Cardones1Andres Teran
48529330/09/2016ArgentinaSaltaValle Encantado, Parque Nacional los CardonesJorge La Grotteria
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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.