Vespertilionidae (Evening Bats)

Family

Evening Bats

Vespertilionidae

107 species in our catalog · found in 105 parks

Species in this group

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

Long-tailed Wattled Bat
CR Endemic

Long-tailed Wattled Bat

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Chalinolobus tuberculatus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
Brown Big-eared Bat
LC

Brown Big-eared Bat

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Plecotus auritus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
thick-thumbed myotis
LC

thick-thumbed myotis

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Myotis rosseti

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
Eastern Red Bat
LC

Eastern Red Bat

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Lasiurus borealis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Tricolored Bat
VU

Tricolored Bat

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Perimyotis subflavus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Savi's Pipistrelle
LC

Savi's Pipistrelle

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Hypsugo savii

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Western red bat

Western red bat

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Lasiurus frantzii

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
hairy-legged myotis
LC

hairy-legged myotis

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Myotis keaysi

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Banana Serotine
LC

Banana Serotine

Mammal

Afronycteris nanus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Western Barbastelle
NT

Western Barbastelle

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Barbastella barbastellus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Canyon Bat
LC

Canyon Bat

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Parastrellus hesperus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Townsend's Big-eared Bat
LC

Townsend's Big-eared Bat

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Corynorhinus townsendii

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Great Evening Bat
NT

Great Evening Bat

Mammal

Ia io

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Common Pipistrelle
LC

Common Pipistrelle

🌙 Nocturnal Mammal

Pipistrellus pipistrellus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
particolored bat
LC

particolored bat

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Vespertilio murinus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Greater Asiatic Yellow House Bat
LC

Greater Asiatic Yellow House Bat

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Scotophilus heathii

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Ward's Long-eared Bat
LC

Ward's Long-eared Bat

Mammal

Plecotus wardi

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Noctule
LC

Noctule

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Nyctalus noctula

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Little Brown Bat
EN

Little Brown Bat

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Myotis lucifugus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Hardwicke's woolly bat
LC

Hardwicke's woolly bat

Mammal

Kerivoula hardwickii

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Big Brown Bat
LC

Big Brown Bat

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Eptesicus fuscus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Kuhl's pipistrelle
LC

Kuhl's pipistrelle

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Pipistrellus kuhlii

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
montane myotis
LC

montane myotis

🌙 Nocturnal Mammal

Myotis oxyotus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Attenborough's Myotis

Attenborough's Myotis

Mammal

Myotis attenboroughi

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Hoary Wattled Bat
LC

Hoary Wattled Bat

🌙 Nocturnal Mammal

Chalinolobus nigrogriseus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Pallid Bat
LC

Pallid Bat

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Antrozous pallidus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Cinnamon Red Bat
LC

Cinnamon Red Bat

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Lasiurus varius

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Horsfield's Bat
LC

Horsfield's Bat

Mammal

Myotis horsfieldii

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Common Thick-thumbed Bat
LC

Common Thick-thumbed Bat

Mammal

Glischropus tylopus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
David's Myotis
LC

David's Myotis

Mammal

Myotis davidii

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Painted Bat
NT

Painted Bat

Mammal

Kerivoula picta

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
round-eared tube-nosed bat
LC

round-eared tube-nosed bat

Mammal

Murina cyclotis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Geoffroy's Bat
LC

Geoffroy's Bat

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Myotis emarginatus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Daubenton's bat
LC

Daubenton's bat

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Myotis daubentonii

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Pygmy Pipistrelle
LC

Pygmy Pipistrelle

🌙 Nocturnal Mammal

Pipistrellus pygmaeus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Large Forest Bat
LC Endemic

Large Forest Bat

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Vespadelus darlingtoni

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Southern Forest Bat
LC Endemic

Southern Forest Bat

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Vespadelus regulus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Lesser Noctule
LC

Lesser Noctule

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Nyctalus leisleri

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Silver-haired Bat
LC

Silver-haired Bat

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Lasionycteris noctivagans

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Cape hairy bat
LC

Cape hairy bat

Mammal

Myotis tricolor

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Light-winged Lesser House Bat

Light-winged Lesser House Bat

Mammal

Scotoecus albofuscus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Angolan long-eared bat

Angolan long-eared bat

Mammal

Laephotis angolensis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Lesser Long-eared Bat
LC Endemic

Lesser Long-eared Bat

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Nyctophilus geoffroyi

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Hoary Bat
LC

Hoary Bat

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Aeorestes cinereus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Variegated Butterfly Bat
LC

Variegated Butterfly Bat

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Glauconycteris variegata

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Southern red bat
LC

Southern red bat

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Lasiurus blossevillii

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Van Gelder's bat
NT

Van Gelder's bat

🌙 Nocturnal Mammal

Bauerus dubiaquercus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Yucatán Yellow Bat

Yucatán Yellow Bat

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Rhogeessa aenea

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Natterer's Bat
LC

Natterer's Bat

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Myotis nattereri

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Little Forest Bat
LC Endemic

Little Forest Bat

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Vespadelus vulturnus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Gray big-eared bat
NT

Gray big-eared bat

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Plecotus austriacus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Spotted Bat
LC

Spotted Bat

🌙 Nocturnal Mammal

Euderma maculatum

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Nathusius's pipistrelle
LC

Nathusius's pipistrelle

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Pipistrellus nathusii

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
clear-winged woolly bat
NT

clear-winged woolly bat

Mammal

Kerivoula pellucida

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Whiskered Myotis
LC

Whiskered Myotis

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Myotis muricola

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
greater bamboo bat
LC

greater bamboo bat

Mammal

Tylonycteris robustula

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Papillose woolly bat
LC

Papillose woolly bat

Mammal

Kerivoula papillosa

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
gilded tube-nosed bat
VU

gilded tube-nosed bat

Mammal

Murina rozendaali

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
large false serotine
VU

large false serotine

Mammal

Hesperoptenus tomesi

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
small woolly bat
NT

small woolly bat

Mammal

Kerivoula intermedia

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Showing the 60 most likely of 107 species — the park table below covers them all.

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

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

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

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Where to see Evening 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 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France 12
~60%
2 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia 11
~50%
3 Point Pelee National Park 🇨🇦 Canada 6
~40%
4 Grand Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 United States 11
~40%
5 Death Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United States 6
~40%
6 Ecrins National Park 🇫🇷 France 9
~40%
7 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany 10
~30%
8 Vanoise National Park 🇫🇷 France 6
~30%
9 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France 7
~30%
10 Big Bend National Park 🇺🇸 United States 8
~30%
11 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France 12
~30%
12 Biebrza National Park 🇵🇱 Poland 4
~30%
13 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique 4
~30%
14 Gauja National Park 🇱🇻 Latvia 2
~30%
15 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany 10
~20%
16 Białowieża National Park 🇵🇱 Poland 4
~20%
17 Saguaro National Park 🇺🇸 United States 9
~20%
18 Great Smoky Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States 6
~20%
19 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 🇺🇸 United States 6
~20%
20 Shenandoah National Park 🇺🇸 United States 6
~20%
21 Rakiura National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand 1
~20%
22 Triglav National Park 🇸🇮 Slovenia 4
~20%
23 Celaque National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras 2
~20%
24 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia 7
~20%
25 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam 2
~20%
26 Joshua Tree National Park 🇺🇸 United States 7
~20%
27 Zion National Park 🇺🇸 United States 4
~20%
28 Wood Buffalo National Park 🇨🇦 Canada 2
~20%
29 Big Cypress National Preserve 🇺🇸 United States 4
~20%
30 Calakmul Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico 3
~20%
31 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 2
~20%
32 Redwood National Park 🇺🇸 United States 4
~20%
33 Flinders Chase 🇦🇺 Australia 2
~10%
34 Kiskunság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary 2
~10%
35 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia 3
~10%
36 Yosemite National Park 🇺🇸 United States 4
~10%
37 Fertő-Hanság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary 3
~10%
38 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan 3
~10%
39 Tatra National Park 🇸🇰 Slovakia 2
~10%
40 Bahía de Loreto National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico 3
~10%
41 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain 2
~10%
42 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador 3
~10%
43 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania 1
~10%
44 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada 4
~10%
45 Nahuel Huapi National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina 2
~10%
46 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador 3
~10%
47 Gunung Leuser National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia 2
~10%
48 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 2
~10%
49 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia 2
~10%
50 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam 1
~10%
51 Hortobágy National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary 1
~10%
52 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India 1
~10%
53 Jiuzhaigou National Park 🇨🇳 China 1
~10%
54 Kluane National Park 🇨🇦 Canada 1
~10%
55 Acadia National Park 🇺🇸 United States 3
~10%
56 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand 1
~10%
57 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama 3
~10%
58 Glacier National Park 🇺🇸 United States 3
~10%
59 Cajas National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador 1
~10%
60 Katmai National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~10%
61 Main Ridge Forest Reserve 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 1
~10%
62 Nitmiluk National Park 🇦🇺 Australia 1
~10%
63 Jasper National Park 🇨🇦 Canada 3
~10%
64 Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico 2
~10%
65 Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park 🇨🇱 Chile 1
~10%
66 Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park 🇲🇳 Mongolia 1
~10%
67 Rocky Mountain National Park 🇺🇸 United States 3
~10%
68 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain 2
~10%
69 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States 3
~10%
70 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 1
~10%
71 Litchfield National Park 🇦🇺 Australia 1
~10%
72 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States 3
~10%
73 Springbrook National Park 🇦🇺 Australia 2
~10%
74 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa 2
~10%
75 Fiordland National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand 1
~10%
76 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda 1
~10%
77 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India 1
~10%
78 Cordillera Azul National Park 🇵🇪 Peru 1
~10%
79 Gros Morne National Park 🇨🇦 Canada 1
~10%
80 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa 2
~10%
81 Freycinet National Park 🇦🇺 Australia 1
~10%
82 Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico 1
~10%
83 Grand Teton National Park 🇺🇸 United States 2
~10%
84 Guadalupe Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~10%
85 Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 🇦🇺 Australia 1
~10%
86 Kosciuszko National Park 🇦🇺 Australia 1
~10%
87 Santa Rosa National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1
~10%
88 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa 2
~10%
89 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States 2
~10%
90 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina 1
~10%
91 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1
~10%
92 Badlands National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~10%
93 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia 1
<5%
94 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama 1
<5%
95 Congaree National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
<5%
96 Grampians National Park 🇦🇺 Australia 1
<5%
97 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa 1
<5%
98 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa 1
<5%
99 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia 1
<5%
100 Cairngorms National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 1
<5%
101 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1
<5%
102 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil 1
<5%
103 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya 1
<5%
104 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa 1
<5%
105 Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
<5%