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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: 669734
♂  Immature
Tafí del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
01/24/2026
Viviana Fuentes
Foto
Photography ID: 664450
♂  Adult
Tafí del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
12/17/2025
Diego Carus
Foto
Photography ID: 625750
♂  Adult
Tafí del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
01/22/2025
Gustavo Daniel González
Foto
Photography ID: 594321
♂  Adult
Tafí del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
01/26/2024
Jorge Blackhall
Foto
Photography ID: 581391
  Adult
Tafí del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
01/27/2024
Jorge Blackhall
Foto
Photography ID: 560603
 Tafí del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
01/15/2015
Mariano Costa
Foto
Photography ID: 558296
♂  Adult
Tafí del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
11/28/2023
Diego Carus
Foto
Photography ID: 525677
♀  Adult
Tafí del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
02/20/2023
Diego Carus
Foto
Photography ID: 525204
 Tafí del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
02/18/2023
Viviana Fuentes
Foto
Photography ID: 384898
 Tafí del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
02/25/2020
Viviana Fuentes
Foto
Photography ID: 382850
 Tafí del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
02/15/2020
Viviana Fuentes
Foto
Photography ID: 382225
♀  Adult
Tafí del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
02/15/2020
Sebastian Cruz



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
242275224/01/2026ArgentinaTucumánRuta 307 Entre El Infiernillo Y Tafi Del Valle, Tafí del ValleViviana Fuentes
240678320/12/2025ArgentinaTucumánCamping Municipal Los Sauzales, Tafí del ValleMaria Belén Dri
240637220/12/2025ArgentinaTucumánCamping Municipal Los Sauzales, Tafí del ValleDiego Carus
240668717/12/2025ArgentinaTucumánCascada Los Alisos, Tafí del ValleMaria Belén Dri
240391417/12/2025ArgentinaTucumánCascada Los Alisos, Tafí del ValleDiego Carus
226159622/01/2025ArgentinaTucumánTafí del Valle, Tafí del ValleGustavo Daniel González
221374913/12/2024ArgentinaTucumánTafí del ValleDiego Carus
221363210/12/2024ArgentinaTucumánCascada Los Alisos, Tafí del ValleDiego Carus
202519627/01/2024ArgentinaTucumánTafí del Valle, Tafí del ValleJorge Blackhall
212679926/01/2024ArgentinaTucumánTafí del ValleJorge Blackhall
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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.