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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: 664450
♂  Adult
Tafí del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
12/17/2025
Diego Carus
Foto
Photography ID: 607819
♂  Adult
Parque Nacional Calilegua
Jujuy
Argentina
10/17/2024
Diego Carus
Foto
Photography ID: 558296
♂  Adult
Tafí del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
11/28/2023
Diego Carus
Foto
Photography ID: 525677
♀  Adult
Tafí del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
02/20/2023
Diego Carus
Foto
Photography ID: 485444
♀  Adult
Yavi
Jujuy
Argentina
02/18/2022
Diego Carus
Foto
Photography ID: 372208
♀  Adult
El Infiernillo
Tucumán
Argentina
12/17/2019
Diego Carus
Foto
Photography ID: 356528
♂  Adult
Famatina
La Rioja
Argentina
10/07/2019
Diego Carus
Foto
Photography ID: 356510
♂  Adult
Famatina
La Rioja
Argentina
10/09/2019
Diego Carus
Foto
Photography ID: 313445
♀  Adult
El Infiernillo
Tucumán
Argentina
01/22/2019
Diego Carus
Foto
Photography ID: 306616
♀  Adult
La Carolina
San Luis
Argentina
12/24/2018
Diego Carus
Foto
Photography ID: 259427
♂  Adult
Reserva Provincial Los Sosa
Tucumán
Argentina
04/01/2018
Diego Carus
Foto
Photography ID: 94104
♂  Adult
Tafí del Valle
Tucumán
Argentina
04/04/2015
Diego Carus



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 Detail of places sorted by number of records







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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
240637220/12/2025ArgentinaTucumánCamping Municipal Los Sauzales, Tafí del ValleDiego Carus
240391417/12/2025ArgentinaTucumánCascada Los Alisos, Tafí del ValleDiego Carus
240618313/12/2025ArgentinaTucumánAcceso los Cardones, Parque Provincial Cumbres CalchaquíesDiego Carus
240611409/12/2025ArgentinaTucumánMirador Rio Los Sosa, Reserva Provincial Los SosaDiego Carus
240608508/12/2025ArgentinaTucumánQuebrada del Barón, El InfiernilloDiego Carus
240606407/12/2025ArgentinaTucumánQuebrada de la escuela Manuela Pedraza, Parque Provincial Cumbres CalchaquíesDiego Carus
227882710/04/2025ArgentinaJujuyHumahuacaDiego Carus
221374913/12/2024ArgentinaTucumánTafí del ValleDiego Carus
221363210/12/2024ArgentinaTucumánCascada Los Alisos, Tafí del ValleDiego Carus
221357507/12/2024ArgentinaTucumánQuebrada de la escuela Manuela Pedraza, Parque Provincial Cumbres CalchaquíesDiego Carus
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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.