Evropski širokoušan - Barbastella barbastellus, Western Barbastelle

• Main Authors: Budinski, Ivana, Bajić, Branka, Paunović, Milan, Karapandža, Branko, Josipović, Jelena
• Other Authors: Stanković, Daliborka, Raković, Marko
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: srp
• Published: Beograd: Prirodnjački muzej 2018
• Subjects: Barbastella barbastellus
• Online Access: http://radar.ibiss.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/6621; https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_6621

Western Barbastelle is a forest species, hunting inside forests or at forest edges. Summer roosts are under tree bark and in tree crevices, artificial bat houses and buildings. Bats often move between roosts. Maternity colonies are small, with 10-20 individuals in tree roosts and up to 100 in buildings. Hibernation roosts are mostly underground. Those in caves include up to 50 bats while colonies in bunkers in Slovakia and Poland include several thousand individuals. This species is sedentary, travelling less than 40 km between summer and winter roosts. Since 2000 there were 40 ringed bats and two loco records from Drenajićka Pećina cave in Western Serbia (2 and 3 years after ringing). Stanković D, Paunović M, Raković M, Editors. Atlas migratornih ptica i slepih miševa Srbije. Beograd: Prirodnjački muzej; 2018. p. 509-10. (Posebna izdanja Prirodnjačkog muzeja; Vol. 46).