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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: 124912
♀  Adult
Godoy Cruz
Mendoza
Argentina
08/16/2015
Pablo Isola
Foto
Photography ID: 122742
♂  Adult
Potrerillos
Mendoza
Argentina
01/21/2014
Pablo Isola
Foto
Photography ID: 115690
♀  Adult
Godoy Cruz
Mendoza
Argentina
08/16/2015
Pablo Isola



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
33322816/08/2015ArgentinaMendozaClub Ypf y alrededores, Godoy CruzPablo Isola
32362424/06/2015ArgentinaMendozaClub Ypf y alrededores, Godoy CruzPablo Isola
29357018/01/2015ArgentinaMendozaPiedras Blancas, PotrerillosPablo Isola
29354811/01/2015ArgentinaMendozaPiedras Blancas, PotrerillosPablo Isola
21786924/11/2014ArgentinaMendozaPiedras Blancas, PotrerillosPablo Isola
29349717/11/2014ArgentinaMendozaPiedras Blancas, PotrerillosPablo Isola
18053228/09/2014ArgentinaMendozaClub Ypf y alrededores, Godoy CruzPablo Isola
16751514/08/2014ArgentinaMendozaFacultad Ciencias Agrarias, Lujan de CuyoPablo Isola
14759809/05/2014ArgentinaMendozaClub Ypf y alrededores, Godoy CruzPablo Isola
11187002/02/2014ArgentinaMendozaPiedras Blancas, PotrerillosPablo Isola
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Red-tailed Comet (Sappho sparganurus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 14/03/2026.