Vespadelus darlingtoni

Large Forest Bat at Greenleigh, NSW

Vespadelus darlingtoni at Greenleigh, NSW - 6 Feb 2022
Vespadelus darlingtoni at Greenleigh, NSW - 6 Feb 2022
Vespadelus darlingtoni at Greenleigh, NSW - 6 Feb 2022
Vespadelus darlingtoni at Greenleigh, NSW - 6 Feb 2022
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Identification history

Vespadelus darlingtoni 10 Feb 2022 MPennay
Vespadelus sp. (genus) 7 Feb 2022 MPennay
Vespadelus regulus 7 Feb 2022 LyndalT

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Strong upsweeping tail on the call and regular pulses Using kaleidoscope: characteristic at 38.4kHz see image for summary data

3 comments

MPennay wrote:
   7 Feb 2022
hi Lyndal - it could be V. regulus or V. darlingtoni - please see my suggestion about loading your calls into a call analysis app
LyndalT wrote:
   10 Feb 2022
Summary data from Kaleidoscope didn't save properly as an image. Here it is:
Fpmean: 18kHz Dur: 6.864ms
Fppeak: 17.952 kHz DBC: 102.921 ms
Fmax: 50.665 kHz Sc (average characteristic slope) 38.95 Octaves per sec
Fc (average characteristic frequency): 38.932 kHz
Fk (average knee frequency): 39.804 kHz Tk: 4.414 ms
Fmin: 38.652 kHz TBC 102.921 ms
Fmean: 40.789 kHz
MPennay wrote:
   10 Feb 2022
Thanks Lyndal, it's too low for regulus so I'd go with Vespadelus darlingtoni

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Bactrocera sp. (genus) (A fruit fly) at QPRC LGA - 17 Apr 2024 by Hejor1
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Gryllotalpa sp. (genus) (Mole Cricket) at QPRC LGA - 22 Feb 2024 by LyndalT
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  • 6 Feb 2022 08:52 PM Recorded on
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