Bioacoustics of Plecotus austriacus

Species

92 recordings

Account

What the sources say about this taxon, as written.

activity · Plazi

Activity patterns. In north, roosts in roofs of cathedrals, cellars, churches, and other old buildings. In south, much more flexible, also roosting in rock crevices, entrances of caves, and fissures in cliffs or bridges; bat boxes are only occasionally used. It has the typical echolocation of long-eared bats with calls that have two FM harmonics. Frequency varies substantially, dropping from 40 kHz to 20 kHz in the first harmonic and from 70 kHz to 40 kHz in the second. In general, echolocation is of weak intensity and for this reason, the species is difficult to monitor by acoustic surveys.

this account at Plazi

Recordings

92 in audioBlast.

iNat96399349 Grey Long-eared Bat (Plecotus austriacus)
Giacomo Gola 2021-09-15 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat96399349 Grey Long-eared Bat (Plecotus austriacus)
Giacomo Gola 2021-09-15 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat129157978 Grey Long-eared Bat (Plecotus austriacus)
Sophie Mowles 2022-07-13 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat202589103 Grey Long-eared Bat (Plecotus austriacus)
Thierry Disca 2024-03-14 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat237242652 Grey Long-eared Bat (Plecotus austriacus)
Sophie Mowles 2024-06-23 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat239380335 Grey Long-eared Bat (Plecotus austriacus)
Pierrette Nyssen 2024-07-08 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat314089737 Grey Long-eared Bat (Plecotus austriacus)
Laine Romain 2025-09-15 iNaturalist listen › record
XC1136933 Gray Long-eared Bat (Plecotus austriacus) - echolocation
9 s
Clement Bruneau 2026-04-18 xeno-canto listen › record
XC844387 Gray Long-eared Bat (Plecotus austriacus) - echolocation
Adrià López-Baucells xeno-canto listen › record
XC844384 Gray Long-eared Bat (Plecotus austriacus) - echolocation
Adrià López-Baucells xeno-canto listen › record
XC844380 Gray Long-eared Bat (Plecotus austriacus) - echolocation
Adrià López-Baucells 2003-05-22 xeno-canto listen › record
XC844378 Gray Long-eared Bat (Plecotus austriacus) - echolocation
Adrià López-Baucells 2003-05-22 xeno-canto listen › record

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Sources

The rows audioBlast holds for this taxon, each matched to the same Catalogue of Life node. Where a source classifies it differently, its own classification is kept.

SourceIts nameIts rankIts familyRecord
PlaziPlecotus austriacusSpeciesVespertilionidaePlazi/Plecotus austriacus
xeno-cantoPlecotus austriacusSpecies—xeno-canto/Plecotus austriacus
iNaturalistPlecotus austriacusSpeciesVespertilionidaeiNaturalist/40415

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