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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: 585405
♂  Adult
Cafayate
Salta
Argentina
05/26/2024
Elbio Mamaní
Foto
Photography ID: 519732
♂  Adult
Cafayate
Salta
Argentina
04/14/2022
Elbio Mamaní
Foto
Photography ID: 491050
♂  Adult
Cafayate
Salta
Argentina
04/04/2022
Edith Polverini
Foto
Photography ID: 466193
♀  Adult
Cafayate
Salta
Argentina
08/04/2021
Franco Damiani



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
203737826/05/2024ArgentinaSaltaParaje San Luis, zona este de Cafayate., CafayateElbio Mamaní
209005626/03/2023ArgentinaSaltaHotel Los Castillos, Cafayate2Nazareno Del Carlo
209005525/03/2023ArgentinaSaltaHotel Los Castillos, Cafayate4Nazareno Del Carlo
209005424/03/2023ArgentinaSaltaHotel Los Castillos, Cafayate6Nazareno Del Carlo
169730614/04/2022ArgentinaSaltaCamino a Cabras de Cafayate., CafayateElbio Mamaní
157314504/04/2022ArgentinaSaltaCafayate, CafayateEdith Polverini
147909204/08/2021ArgentinaSaltaA las afueras de la ciudad, CafayateFranco Damiani
94413930/06/2019ArgentinaSaltaCamping atrás finca las nubes., Cafayate2Dario Juan Wendeler
105120209/01/2019ArgentinaSaltaCayafate, Cafayate2Julian Quillen Vidoz
71963830/03/2018ArgentinaSaltaCafayate2Andres Espindola
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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.