Acoustic Identification bats of Antigua and Barbuda

Family

Mormoopidae

Scientific name

Mormoops blainvillei Leach, 1821

Taxonomy follows Simmons and Cirranello (2022)

Call shape

FM narrowband long dur single pulses

Vocal signature parameters

Parameters    N Min Max Mean St.Dev 10% 25% 75% 90%
Dur 313 1.5 3.9 2.4 0.6 1.7 1.9 2.7 3.2
TBC 238 33.2 4730.9 456.9 784.9 60.0 122.2 333.9 993.3
Fmin 313 52.3 63.0 56.0 1.8 54.1 54.6 57.4 58.4
Fmax 313 56.7 67.2 65.0 1.5 63.8 64.8 65.8 66.4
BW 313 1.4 14.1 9.0 2.3 5.8 7.5 10.6 11.8
Fmean 313 55.7 63.7 60.9 1.2 59.7 60.4 61.5 62.0
Fk 313 56.7 67.0 64.8 1.5 63.5 64.5 65.6 66.1
FcH1 313 27.6 32.0 30.7 0.8 29.7 30.3 31.3 31.5
Fc 313 55.2 64.0 61.3 1.6 59.5 60.6 62.5 63.0
FcH3 313 82.8 96.0 92.0 2.4 89.2 90.9 93.8 94.5
Sc 313 15.6 125.7 63.5 20.3 39.7 48.1 75.7 91.1
Pmc 313 1.6 14.5 6.0 1.9 3.7 4.5 7.3 8.5

Source of acoustic data

Bruce Miller record in Cuba

Known distribution

Historically found in caves at Two Foot Bay, Barbuda and Burma Quarry.

Occurs on other islands in the Antilles and readily identified acoustically.

  • Antigua -  historically
  • Barbuda - historically
    • Conservation status

    Least concern

    Miller et al, (2016)

    Notes

    While considered extirpated from the islands (Morgan, 2001) calls are provided in the event the species arrives on the islands again.

    Citations

    Lindsay, K., G. Kwiecinski, J.-P. Bacle, A. Thibou, and C. Wallace. 2017. Bats of Antigua and Barbuda their importance and conservation. Federation Family Publishing House, St. George's, Antigua.

     

    Miller, B.W., Reid, F., Arroyo-Cabrales, J., Cuarón, A.D. & de Grammont, P.C. 2016. Mormoops blainvillei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T13877A22085914. 

     

    Morgan, G. S. 2001. Patterns of extinction in West Indian bats. Pp. 369-407 in Biogeography of West Indies: Patterns and Perspectives (C. A. Woods and F. E. Sergile, eds.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.

     

    Simmons, N. B., and A. L. Cirranello. 2022.. Bat Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic database. www.batnames.org.

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