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Brazilian free-tailed batTadarida braziliensis

Kelly MathesonLDA 50 - Section 2April 30, 2010

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Range Map

Species Habitat

The Brazilian free-tailed batcan live in 51 different kinds of habitats, thus making it a generalist species. The highest value habitat types include:

- barrens- blue oak woodlands- blue oak-foothill pines- coastal oak woodlands- eucalyptus

Management Status: none

Special Habitat Elements

Essential (2)-Invertebrates-Flying insects

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Secondary (4)-Cave-Cliff-Rock-Buildings

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Life History - RequirementsFeeding: Echolocation to hunt small insects; forages high above ground

Cover: Requires caves, mine tunnels, crevices, or buildings for roostingand hibernation. May use separate night roost if foraging far from day roost

Reproduction: Maternity colonies of females and young found in caves,crevices, and buildings

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Life History - Activity

Movement/Migration: a local migrator; individuals performregular seasonal migrations of less than 160 km

Daily Activity: nocturnal; active only during darkness

Seasonal Activity: hibernates in winter

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Other facts and pictures for the Brazilian free-tailed bat

Colonies vary in size, but colonies comprising of over a million have been found outside of California.

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They are extremely fast for bats, flying at speeds of 25 mph

As a species they are abundant, but colonies are easily wiped out from human disruption

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Image references

-http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorations/bats/libraryarticle.asp?ItemID=230&SubjectID=110&categoryID=3- http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/21314/0/rangemap- http://bird.net.au/bird/index.php?title=Golden_Sun_Moth -http://www.4896kj.com/journeying/bat-cave-in-langkawi/2007/07/06/-http://www.city-data.com/forum/city-vs-city/621205-top-10-sunbelt-cities-16.html-http://icb.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol48/issue1/cover.dtl -http://bathead.com/guidetbra.html-http://www.frogview.com/show4.php?file=7111-http://pixdaus.com/index.php?pageno=4&tag=bat&sort=tag