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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: 327017
♂  Adult
Valle Grande
Mendoza
Argentina
04/04/2019
Sebastián Otero
Foto
Photography ID: 229030
♂  Adult
San Rafael
Mendoza
Argentina
04/21/2017
Sebastián Otero



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
166275919/10/2022ArgentinaCatamarcaDique El Jumeal, San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca1Sebastián Otero
156964904/04/2022ArgentinaMendozaVilla Santa Clara del Atuel, Valle Grande6Sebastián Otero
156962903/04/2022ArgentinaMendozaCañon del Atuel, San Rafael3Sebastián Otero
156961503/04/2022ArgentinaMendozaVilla Santa Clara del Atuel, Valle Grande7Sebastián Otero
156957202/04/2022ArgentinaMendozaVilla Santa Clara del Atuel, Valle Grande8Sebastián Otero
156777101/04/2022ArgentinaMendozaVilla Santa Clara del Atuel, Valle Grande7Sebastián Otero
156773431/03/2022ArgentinaMendozaCañon del Atuel, San Rafael4Sebastián Otero
156760930/03/2022ArgentinaMendozaVilla Santa Clara del Atuel, Valle Grande3Sebastián Otero
96277918/08/2019ArgentinaCórdobaParque Nacional Quebrada del Condorito1Sebastián Otero
96220817/08/2019ArgentinaCórdobaSan Clemente1Sebastián Otero
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Red-tailed Comet (Sappho sparganurus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 16/03/2026.