Acoustic Identification bats of Antigua and Barbuda

Family

Noctilionidae

Scientific name

Noctilio leporinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy follows Simmons and Cirranello (2022)

Call shape

QCF continuing as broad band decreasing FM pulse

Vocal signature parameters

Parameters    N Min Max Mean St.Dev 10% 25% 75% 90%
Dur 278 5.1 14.1 9.4 2.4 6.1 7.2 11.2 12.3
TBC 236 30.5 8386.4 285.3 629.0 48.6 61.5 275.1 481.2
Fmin 278 30.1 54.8 48.8 5.4 41.2 47.8 52.2 53.3
Fmax 278 52.1 56.3 54.5 0.9 53.3 54.1 55.2 55.6
BW 278 0.4 25.5 5.7 5.5 1.2 2.1 6.8 13.1
Fmean 278 47.4 55.4 53.4 1.4 51.9 53.1 54.3 54.7
Fk 278 51.3 56.1 54.1 0.9 53.0 53.5 54.8 55.2
FcH1 278 25.5 28.1 27.0 0.5 26.4 26.8 27.4 27.5
Fc 278 51.0 56.1 54.0 0.9 52.8 53.5 54.8 55.0
FcH3 278 76.4 84.2 81.0 1.4 79.2 80.3 82.2 82.5
Sc 278 -15.6 19.7 0.3 3.9 -2.9 -1.3 1.3 2.8
Pmc 278 0.0 7.3 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.3 1.0 2.0

Source of acoustic data

Bruce Miller

Known distribution

  • Antigua
  • Barbuda
  • Redonda - possible

    • Conservation status

    Least concern

    Barquez et al., (2015)

    Notes

    This is a species is a piscivore and closely linked to aquatic habitats.

    This is a species is a piscivore and closely linked to aquatic habitats. Therefore, this species would not generally be recorded far from streams, ponds or other areas where fish prey may be found.

    Citations

    Barquez, R., Perez, S., Miller, B. W. & Diaz, M. 2015. Noctilio leporinus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T14830A22019554. 

     

    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.

     

    Simmons, N. B., and A. L. Cirranello. 2019. Bat Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic database.www.batnames.org.

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