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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: 537311
♀  Adult
Camino Altas Cumbres
Córdoba
Argentina
02/14/2012
Fernando Rasmussen
Foto
Photography ID: 537308
♀  Adult
Ciudad de Mendoza
Mendoza
Argentina
07/26/2014
Fernando Rasmussen



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
177612226/07/2014ArgentinaMendozaParque General San Martín, Ciudad de MendozaFernando Rasmussen
177612514/02/2012ArgentinaCórdobaCamino Altas CumbresFernando Rasmussen
177612619/07/2011ArgentinaSan JuanDique San Agustín de Valle Fértil, San Agustín de Valle FértilFernando Rasmussen
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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.