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Red-tailed Comet

Sappho sparganurus

Classification

Class
Aves

The red-tailed comet (Sappho sparganurus) is a medium-sized hummingbird belonging to tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae, the "coquettes". It is found in Argentina and Bolivia and possibly Chile and Peru. Taxonomy and systematics The red-tailed comet was formally described in 1812 by the English naturalist George Shaw under the binomial name Trochilus sparganurus.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Argentina · 17,056Bolivia · 1,742Chile · 5