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CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN  (ONLY) BAT CALL CHARACTERISTICS

EUR BAT SPECIES (Name)

BAT SPECIES (Latin Name)

PEAK FREQUENCY (kHz)

CALL FREQ. RANGE (kHz)

CALL DURATION (mSec)

INTER-CALL PERIOD (mSec)

CALL SOUND DESCRIPTION

 

Alpine Long-eared Bat

Plecotus Macrobullaris

22-40

18-60

2-5

40-80

Difficult to distinguish from Plecotus auritus

 

Common Bent-wing Bat

Miniopterus Schreibersii

49-56

48-80

4-15

65-140

n/a

 

European Free-tailed Bat

Tadarida Teniotis

8-15

8-21

10-27

50-75

Loud uniform calls with large distance between, audible even with naked ear as "Zicks"

 

Geoffroy's Bat

Myotis Emarginatus

48-75

30-140

1-4

40-90

n/a

 

Greater Noctule

Nyctalus Lasiopterus

14-23

15-25

12-28

160-820

Often lower constant frequency than Nyctalus noctula

 

Kolombatovici Bat

Plecotus Kolombatovici

22-32

20-50

2-6

60-150

Difficult to distinguish from Plecotus austriacus

 

Kuhl's Pipistrelle

Pipistrellus Kuhlii

35-42

35-60

5-12

90-130

Difficult to distinguish from Pipistrellus nathusii

 

Lesser Mouse-eared Bat

Myotis Blythii

28-40

21-80

5-10

90-160

Difficult to distinguish from Myotis myotis

 

Long Fingered Bat

Myotis Capaccinii

40-55

28-95

3-7

65-95

Difficult to distinguish from Myotis daubentonii

 

Mediterranean Horseshoe Bat

Rhinolophus Euryale

99-108

75-108

30-60

60-100

Quiet, long, rising and falling call

 

Northern Bat

Eptesicus Nilssonii

26-31

26-45

8-19

190-220

partially similar rhythm as Eptesicus serotinus

 

Particoloured Bat

Vespertilio Murinus

22-27

21-45

10-21

260-320

n/a

 

Pond Bat

Myotis Dasycneme

28-42

25-85

5-9

80-250

Longer, lower pitched calls then Myotis daubentonii

 

Savi's Pipistrelle

Hypsugo Savii

31-36

31-50

6-12

180-200

n/a