Common bent-wing bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the common bent-wing bat lives – recorded in 11 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Miniopterus schreibersii
Group	Bats
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	11 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Miniopteridae

Where does the common bent-wing bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common bent-wing bat in 11 countries and territories across Asia and Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the common bent-wing bat endangered?

The common bent-wing bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the common bent-wing bat?

The common bent-wing bat (Miniopterus schreibersii) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Miniopteridae, genus Miniopterus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the common bent-wing bat

The common bent-wing bat (Miniopterus schreibersii), also known as the Schreibers's long-fingered bat or Schreibers's bat, is a species of insectivorous bat. They appear to have dispersed from a subtropical origin and distributed throughout the southern Palearctic, Ethiopic, Oriental, and Australian regions. In Europe, it is present in the southern half on the continent from Iberia to the Caucasus, with the largest populations found in the warmer Mediterranean area. The common and scientific names honor Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common bent-wing bat (revision 1374332004), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q833653 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).