noctule bat
nyctalus latin

No other country in Europe has a specific endangered status for the greater noctule bat.

One study reported finding a greater noctule bat on the ground exhausted from flight.

The greater noctule bat has a high quality of hearing and smell however its eyes are poorly developed.

The greater noctule bat is known to participate in a fission-fusion society.

The greater noctule bat is also known to increase its foraging range in response to different levels of potential food sources.

One species, the greater noctule bat, catches and eats small birds in the air.

Evidence of greater noctule bat bones have been found in owl pellets.

The greater noctule bat is a rare mammal in the order Chiroptera.

The greater noctule bat switches its prey type opportunistically depending on the time of year.

This large area of activity has several effects on the way the greater noctule bat forages and roosts.

When the birds start to migrate again at dusk the greater noctule bat is known to prey on them during fight.

Another example is the greater noctule bat, which is believed to catch birds on the wing.

Generally noctule bats live in forests, but some populations can be found in towns.

The common noctule bat is declining but the other European noctules are even rarer.

The greater noctule bat has been observed as only emerging from its roosts after dusk when it is completely dark.

Greater noctule bats are the only bat species to hunt birds on the wing rather than when roosting.

This suggests that the greater noctule bat does not prefer a specific tree, but perhaps looks for the physical condition of the tree.

The site is rich in mammal species including both species of pipistrelle and noctule bat.

The greater noctule bat belongs to the suborder Microchiroptera and uses echolocation.

The wings of the greater noctule bat are thinner than those of birds which allow it to maneuver quickly and accurately.

The dorsal fur of the Greater Noctule bat is uniformly reddish-brown to dark brown.

The greater noctule bat has a robust skull and its rostrum is square with an ordinary nasal slit.

The greater noctule bat is a tree-dwelling bat that roosts in trees all year round.

But a jet fighter, it seems, has nothing on a greater noctule bat, which apparently can intercept, capture and eat migrating birds in flight.

The greater noctule bat has been shown to travel between several roosting sites and to participate in several societies through radio tracking studies.

It belongs to the family Vespertilionidae (vesper bats) and to the genus Nyctalus (noctule bats).

Species of bats documented includes Northern Bat, Nyctalus, Daubenton's Bat, and Brandt's Bat.

Surrounding buildings and deciduous forest forms a great habitat for bats such as Northern Bat, Soprano Pipistrelle, Daubenton's bat, and Nyctalus.

Hoofer and Van Den Bussche found the Pipistrellini (containing Pipistrellus s.s., Nyctalus, and Scotoecus) sister to the Vespertillionini.

Almost all vesper bats are insectivores, exceptions being some Myotis and Pizonyx species that catch fish and the larger Nyctalus species that have been known on occasion to catch small passerine birds in flight.

As a group, vesper bats cover the full gamut of flight ability, with the relatively weak-flying Pipistrellus that have fluttery, almost insect-like flight to the long-winged and fast-flying genera such as Lasiurus and Nyctalus.

A number of bat species have also been recorded at the site including the common pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus, soprano pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus, noctule Nyctalus noctula, Daubenton's bat Myotis daubentonii and lesser horseshoe bat Rhinolophus hipposideros.