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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!

Hábitat: Forests, Urban areas

Aspecto

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

Categoría

Mamíferos

Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Echolocation Expert

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

Habilidad

High-Speed Hunter

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

Medidas y detalles

Longitud
6-8 cm
Envergadura
32-40 cm
Peso
0.018-0.04 kg
Esperanza de vida
4-12 años
Top Speed
50 km/h
Tamaño de la camada
1-2
Gestación
70-75 días

Dieta y alimentación

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

Alimentos principales

  • Moths
  • Beetles
  • Caddisflies
  • Midges
  • Mosquitoes

Método de búsqueda

  • Pursuit

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

También conocido como

Noctule Bat

Colecciones

Seguridad

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

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el longitud de Common Noctule?

6-8 cm

¿Cuál es el envergadura de Common Noctule?

32-40 cm

¿Cuál es el peso de Common Noctule?

0.018-0.04 kg

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Common Noctule?

4-12 años

¿Cuál es el top Speed de Common Noctule?

50 km/h

¿Qué come Common Noctule?

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

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Common Noctule?

Forests, Urban areas

¿Cómo caza Common Noctule?

Pursuit

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