---
title: "Safo"
description: "Sappho sparganurus — Ptaki. The red-tailed comet (Sappho sparganurus) is a medium-sized hummingbird belonging to tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae, the \"coquettes\"."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/red-tailed-comet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Safo

> Sappho sparganurus — Ptaki. The red-tailed comet (Sappho sparganurus) is a medium-sized hummingbird belonging to tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae, the "coquettes".

- Scientific name: *Sappho sparganurus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1521
- Wikidata: [Q589093](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q589093)
- iNaturalist taxon: [367514](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/367514)

## Names

- en: Red-tailed Comet
- de: Schleppensylphe
- es: Picaflor cometa
- fr: Colibri sapho
- it: Sappho sparganura
- nl: Sappho
- pt: Beija-flor-da-cauda-vermelha
- pl: Safo

## Countries with the most observations

AR (1131), BO (314), CL (15)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-tailed_comet

## Photo

![Safo](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-tailed-comet/medium.jpg)

Photo: Naturalist Tours · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/65499937

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-tailed-comet?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).