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Common Noctule

Nyctalus noctula

The Common Noctule is a big bat that flies at night. It loves to catch insects in the air and can be found in many places, including forests and cities!

Lebensraum: Forests, Urban areas

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The Common Noctule has glossy, reddish-brown fur on its back and paler, yellowish-brown fur underneath. It is a relatively large bat for Europe, with long, narrow wings and a distinctive mushroom-shaped tragus in its ear.

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Common Noctule
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Common Noctule

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Noctule colonies can grow to include over a thousand individual bats!

Some Common Noctules migrate hundreds of kilometers to warmer places for winter!

They prefer roosting in tree hollows that were made by woodpeckers!

You might hear their loud echolocation calls even without special equipment!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Echolocation Expert

Common Noctule can navigate and hunt in total darkness using high-frequency sounds to map out its environment.

Fähigkeit

High-Speed Hunter

Common Noctule has long, narrow wings enabling fast, direct flight to pursue and catch flying insects mid-air.

Maße und Details

Länge
6-8 cm
Flügelspannweite
32-40 cm
Gewicht
0.018-0.04 kg
Lebenserwartung
4-12 Jahre
Top Speed
50 km/h
Wurfgröße
1-2
Tragzeit
70-75 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

These speedy fliers hunt down and eat many different types of flying insects high in the night sky.

Hauptnahrung

  • Moths
  • Beetles
  • Caddisflies
  • Midges
  • Mosquitoes

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Large Yellow Underwing Moth

Noctua pronuba

A favorite flying insect meal.

eaten by

Cockchafer

Melolontha melolontha

Caught mid-air during evening flights.

hunts

Tawny Owl

Strix aluco

Predator near roosts at dawn/dusk.

depends on

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos major

Creates hollows used by roosting bats.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Noctule Bat

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Bats are usually not dangerous, but it's best to watch them from a distance and not touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Common Noctule?

6-8 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Common Noctule?

32-40 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Common Noctule?

0.018-0.04 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Common Noctule?

4-12 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Common Noctule?

50 km/h

Was frisst Common Noctule?

These speedy fliers hunt down and eat many different types of flying insects high in the night sky.

Wo findet man Common Noctule normalerweise?

Forests, Urban areas

Wie jagt Common Noctule?

Pursuit

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