Social calls of the Serotine bat (Cnephaeus serotinus)
Formerly known as Eptesicus serotinus
These type A and type C social calls were recorded while a serotine bat wes seen entering the maternity roost in the evening.
These type A and type C social calls were recorded while serotine bats were seen entering their roost, where 19 individuals reside, in the early morning.
The following recording starts with some type C social calls that go lower in frequency than the regular echolocation calls of the serotine bat and the recording ends with a series of FM-calls (type B social calls).
Date of recording: 2026-04-01 Recorded by: Willem Adema Audio file: 1106135
A serotine was seen tapping its summer roost and just before entering, the bat emitted a type C social call whilst another serotine flew past.
Date of recording: 2026-05-21 Recorded by: Sarah Mahie Audio file: 1136383
A type C social call higher in frequency, emitted while two serotine bats were swarming in front of a building:
Date of recording: 2026-05-27 at 02:37 Location: Horst, Limburg
The following recording seems to be "buzzing" of the serotine bat. See previous years to read more about this phenomena.
Date of recording: 2026-06-02 Recorded by: Boaz van Die Audio file: 1140392
Type C social calls emitted just before the two serotine bats were seen entering their roost in the early morning:
Date of recording: 2026-06-14 Recorded by: Boaz van Die Audio file: 1145498
Social calls from within the roost before and during emergence:
All sonograms are screenshots of the recordings imported in the ultrasound analysis software BatExplorer 2.2 (Elekon, Switzerland).
Bibliography:
- Erik Korsten (2018). Voortplanting bij laatvliegers. Expertise-meeting Laatvlieger. Bureau Waardenburg.
- Jon Russ (2021). Bat Calls of Britain and Europe: a Guide to Species Identification. Pelagic Publishing.
- Neil Middleton, Andrew Froud and Keith French (2022). Social Calls of the Bats of Britain and Ireland (second edition). Pelagic Publishing.
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