Smaller Horseshoe Bat

Smaller Horseshoe Bat

Rhinolophus megaphyllus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Daintree National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
<5
Feb
10–20
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
10–20
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
20–30
Sep
0–10
Oct
10–20
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
2 Springbrook National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
3 Booderee National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
4 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Smaller Horseshoe Bat in Daintree National Park?

About 11% of visitor-days record a Smaller Horseshoe Bat sighting in Daintree National Park, based on 11 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Smaller Horseshoe Bat in Daintree National Park?

September has the highest sighting rate for Smaller Horseshoe Bat in Daintree National Park in our monthly data.

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