Acoustic Identification bats of Antigua and Barbuda

Family

Mormoopidae

Scientific name

Pteronotus portoricensis (Miller, 1902)

Taxonomy follows Simmons and Cirranello (2022)

Call shape

Calls of species in the subfamily Phyllodia, or the Pteronotus parnellii complex are unmistakable. They are the only constant frequency bats in the New World.

Vocal signature parameters

Parameters    N Min Max Mean St.Dev 10% 25% 75% 90%
Dur 3534 0.3 25.9 1.6 3.5 0.3 0.3 1.0 3.2
TBC 3534 0.4 7357.0 18.2 187.0 0.4 0.7 3.6 30.2
Fmin 3534 48.1 64.5 56.9 4.3 50.0 53.3 60.2 60.8
Fmax 3534 48.3 64.8 59.7 3.1 54.8 58.8 61.3 62.3
BW 3534 0.0 16.4 2.7 3.1 0.4 0.6 4.7 7.1
Fmean 3534 47.8 64.8 58.5 3.8 52.0 56.9 60.8 61.5
Fk 3534 48.1 64.8 58.4 4.0 52.1 56.2 60.8 61.8
FcH1 3534 24.0 32.4 29.2 1.9 26.0 28.5 30.4 30.8
Fc 3534 48.1 64.8 58.5 3.8 52.0 56.9 60.8 61.5
FcH3 3534 72.1 97.2 87.7 5.7 77.9 85.4 91.3 92.3
Sc 3534 -1631.8 1198.2 -21.6 323.8 -545.8 -17.8 46.7 261.5
Pmc 3534 0.0 30.8 2.2 4.2 0.0 0.0 1.6 7.7

Source of acoustic data

Recorded on Puerto Rico

Chris Corben & Michael O'Farrell

Known distribution

 Occurs on other islands in the Antilles and readily identified acoustically

  • Antigua - historically
  • Barbuda - historically
    • Conservation status

    Least concern

    Evaluated as P. parnellii

    Solari (2016)

    Notes

    This is the current taxonomic recognition of what formerly was considered P. parnellii. While considered extirpated from the islands (Morgan, 2001) details are provided in the event the species arrives on the islands again.

    Citations

    Dávalos, L.M. 2006. The geography of diversification in the mormoopids (Chiroptera: Mormoopidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 88(1): 101-118

     

    De Thoisy, B., and A.C. Pavan, M. Delaval, A. Lavergne, T. Luglia, K. Pineau, M. Ruedi, V. Rufray, and F. Catzeflis. 2014. Cryptic diversity in common mustached bats Pteronotus cf. parnellii (Mormoopidae) in French Guiana and Brazilian Amapa. Acta Chiropterologica 16(1): 1-13.

     

    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.

     

    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.

     

    Pavan, A.C., and G. Marroig. 2016. Integrating multiple evidences in taxonomy: Species diversity and phylogeny of mustached bats (Mormoopidae: Pteronotus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 103(2016): 184-198

     

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

     

    Solari, S. 2016. Pteronotus parnellii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T88017638A22077695.

     

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