#pipstrelle

Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus

A small pipistrelle microbat whose very large range extends across most of Europe, North Africa, South-Central Asia, from the British Isles possibly to Korea. The common pipistrelle is an edge specialist, preferring to forage along woodland edges and along isolated tree lines. It is insectivorous, preying on flies, caddisflies, lacewings, mayflies, and moths. Mosquitoes, midges, and gnats are particularly favored prey items.

Greater Papuan Pipistrelle Pipistrellus collinus

A bat found in Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya. It has been reported from tropical hill forests, montane forests, and from subsistence gardens. They have been recorded roosting in tree hollows and the hollows of trunks of Pandanus.

Kuhl's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus kuhlii

An insectivorous bat found in North Africa, southern Europe, and West Asia. It lives in temperate forests, shrubland, grassland, rural gardens, and urban areas.