Red-tailed Comet Sappho sparganurus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (21)
- Subspecies (2)
Thomas S. Schulenberg and Alvaro Jaramillo
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 17, 2015
Text last updated July 17, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colibrí cua d'estel vermell |
| Czech | sylfa červenoocasá |
| Dutch | Sapphokomeetkolibrie |
| English | Red-tailed Comet |
| English (United States) | Red-tailed Comet |
| French | Colibri sapho |
| French (France) | Colibri sapho |
| German | Goldschwanzsylphe |
| Icelandic | Klofbríi |
| Japanese | アカフタオハチドリ |
| Norwegian | kometkolibri |
| Polish | safo |
| Russian | Златохвостая комета |
| Serbian | Crvenorepi kometa kolibri |
| Slovak | vrchárik vidlochvostý |
| Spanish | Colibrí Cometa |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Picaflor Cometa |
| Spanish (Spain) | Colibrí cometa |
| Swedish | sapfokomet |
| Turkish | Kızıl Kuyruklu Peri |
| Ukrainian | Сафо |
Sappho sparganurus (Shaw, 1812)
PROTONYM:
Trochilus sparganurus
Shaw, 1812. General Zoology, or systematic natural history 8 pt1, p.291 pl.39.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Peru' = Bolivia.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- SAPPHO
- sparganura / sparganurus
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‡: extinct
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Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Red-tailed Comet
