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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

Synonyms: Sappho sparganura, Trochilus sparganurus.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 537312
♂  Adult
San Agustín de Valle Fértil
San Juan
Argentina
07/19/2011
Fernando Rasmussen
Foto
Photography ID: 507669
♀  Adult
Marquesado
San Juan
Argentina
09/08/2022
Diego Alfonso Rosa
Foto
Photography ID: 333236
♂  Adult
San Agustín de Valle Fértil
San Juan
Argentina
04/21/2019
Gonzalo Camiletti



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
202951201/05/2024ArgentinaSan JuanRuta Provincial 456Santiago Juan Torres
163978508/09/2022ArgentinaSan JuanHotel Pircas de Puyuta, MarquesadoDiego Alfonso Rosa
163908606/09/2022ArgentinaSan JuanHotel Rustico, San Agustín de Valle FértilDiego Alfonso Rosa
162739210/07/2022ArgentinaSan JuanCapital de San JuanJuan Tomás Frías Gladiné
159208822/08/2021ArgentinaSan JuanRuta Provincial 351 (-32,073719, -68,695271)Mariano Costa
91539621/04/2019ArgentinaSan JuanSan Agustín de Valle Fértil1Gonzalo Camiletti
90459430/03/2019ArgentinaSan JuanEntrada y alrededores, Parque Provincial Ischigualasto1Dario Juan Wendeler
39228229/10/2015ArgentinaSan JuanSierra de Pie de Palo2María Alejandra Sosa
30425812/07/2015ArgentinaSan JuanDique San Agustín de Valle Fértil, San Agustín de Valle FértilAndres Espindola
15972606/07/2014ArgentinaSan JuanSan Agustín de Valle FértilPablo Eguia
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Red-tailed Comet (Sappho sparganurus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 13/03/2026.