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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 Purmamarca

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: 598272
 Purmamarca
Jujuy
Argentina
07/13/2016
Adrian Braidotti
Foto
Photography ID: 555611
♂  Adult
Purmamarca
Jujuy
Argentina
11/01/2023
Eduardo Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 555610
♂  Adult
Purmamarca
Jujuy
Argentina
11/01/2023
Eduardo Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 496041
♀  Adult
Purmamarca
Jujuy
Argentina
06/08/2022
Alejandra Pons
Foto
Photography ID: 492366
♀  Adult
Purmamarca
Jujuy
Argentina
04/26/2022
Marian Wigdorovitz
Foto
Photography ID: 275164
♂  Adult
Purmamarca
Jujuy
Argentina
04/01/2018
Glauco Oliveira
Foto
Photography ID: 158734
 Purmamarca
Jujuy
Argentina
07/13/2016
Adrian Braidotti
Foto
Photography ID: 149575
♀  Adult
Purmamarca
Jujuy
Argentina
04/28/2016
Dolores Fernandez
Foto
Photography ID: 146452
♂  Adult
Purmamarca
Jujuy
Argentina
03/26/2016
Andres Espindola
Foto
Photography ID: 136060
♂  Adult
Purmamarca
Jujuy
Argentina
01/12/2016
Mauricio Secchi
Foto
Photography ID: 99504
♂  Adult
Purmamarca
Jujuy
Argentina
05/19/2015
Gustavo Fernando Durán
Foto
Photography ID: 99501
♀  Adult
Purmamarca
Jujuy
Argentina
05/19/2015
Gustavo Fernando Durán



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
236457412/09/2025ArgentinaJujuyPurmamarca1Gabriel Carbajales
191034501/11/2023ArgentinaJujuyPurmamarcaEduardo Cusano
159260408/06/2022ArgentinaJujuyPurmamarcaAlejandra Pons
159032322/05/2022ArgentinaJujuyPurmamarcaFacundo Irazoqui
157768526/04/2022ArgentinaJujuyPlaza de Purmamarca, PurmamarcaMarian Wigdorovitz
95345501/05/2019ArgentinaJujuyPurmamarcaDolores Fernandez
87471821/01/2019ArgentinaJujuyPurmamarcaNicolas Olejnik
77761101/04/2018ArgentinaJujuyCerro de los siete colores, PurmamarcaGlauco Oliveira
45563113/07/2016ArgentinaJujuyPurmamarcaAdrian Braidotti
44222907/06/2016ArgentinaJujuyPueblo, Purmamarca3Luis Fernandez Campos
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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.