Red-tailed Comet
Sappho sparganurus
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae
- Genus
- Sappho
- eBird Code
- retcom1
Vocalizations
Jose Luis Navarro · CC_BY_4_0
Subspecies (2)
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Sappho sparganurus sapho
Andes of southern Bolivia to western Argentina and northern Chile
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Sappho sparganurus sparganurus
Andes of northern and central Bolivia; accidental southern Peru (Puno)
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.