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Keywords
bats
Neotropic
ultrasound
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Accepted 2023-12-03
Published 2023-12-04
Abstract
The description of echolocation signals of Neotropical bat species validated with voucher specimens is key for getting reference recordings. In Colombia, the documentation of echolocation calls is an urgent task that can contribute to understanding the presence of many species difficult to record. In this note, we describe the echolocation signals of Histiotus colombiae, from individuals recorded in free flight outside a roost in the municipality of Guachetá, department of Cundinamarca, Colombia. We obtained seven recordings of H. colombiae, the echolocation signals are characterized by a downward modulated frequency sweep design with a quasi-constant frequency component, with a frequency range between 20 KHz and 40 KHz.
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