Noctilionidae (Bulldog Bats)

Family

Bulldog Bats

Noctilionidae

2 species in our catalog · found in 11 parks

Species in this group

Each card shows the species at its best park — tap for the full profile

Greater Bulldog Bat
LC

Greater Bulldog Bat

🌙 Nocturnal Mammal

Noctilio leporinus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Lesser Bulldog Bat
LC

Lesser Bulldog Bat

🌙 Nocturnal Mammal

Noctilio albiventris

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

<5%
Jan
~10%
Feb
~10%
Mar
<5%
Apr
<5%
May
~10%
Jun
<5%
Jul
~10%
Aug
<5%
Sep
~10%
Oct
~10%
Nov
~10%
Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

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Where to see Bulldog Bats

Worldwide records of this group (human observations from 2019 onwards, GBIF). Pins mark our parks — tap one for the chance of seeing at least one species of the group there.

Parks Ranked

Chance of seeing at least one species of the group · number of its species present

#ParkCountrySpeciesDaily sighting probability
1 Santa Rosa National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1
~10%
2 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil 2
~10%
3 Caroni Swamp 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 1
~10%
4 El Impenetrable National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina 1
~10%
5 Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1
~10%
6 Main Ridge Forest Reserve 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 1
~10%
7 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1
~10%
8 Celestún Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico 1
~10%
9 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador 1
<5%
10 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil 1
<5%
11 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama 1
<5%