Red-tailed comet
The red-tailed comet (Sappho sparganurus) is a medium-sized hummingbird belonging to the family Trochilidae. It is the only species placed in the genus Sappho.
| Red-tailed comet | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Lesbiini |
| Genus: | Sappho Reichenbach, 1849 |
| Species: | S. sparganurus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sappho sparganurus (Shaw, 1812) | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Trochilus sparganurus (protonym) | |
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