Monday 10 September 2007

Common Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)

OTHER NAMES: Pipistrelle, Common Bat
Latin Etymology: Pipistrellus ("pipistrelle") pipistrellus ("pipistrelle")
Adult Common Pipistrelle (subspecies P. p pipistrellus) at Geddington, Northants - August 2013

Featured Subspecies: Pipistrellus pipistrellus pipistrellus
Weight: 3-8g  /  Length: 4.5cm  /  Wingspan: 18-25cm
UK STATUS NOT EVALUTATED IUCN Red List: Least Concern

The Common Pipistrelle is one of the most common bats in the UK - it is very similar to the Soprano pipistrelle and they are mostly only identifiable at close range of through use of sonic measuring equipment, although in this case as the more common species it's more likely to be the common.  A small species with a fairly conventional set of features by bat standards, chances are if you see a bat in an urban area it is this species.

Related Species:
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Verspertilionidae
Genus: Pipistrellus
SUBSPECIES: P. p. aladdin, P. p. pipistrellus


 - Sighting Locations -
UNITED KINGDOM - The most common bat species in the UK, fairly common in Summer
 - A single individual seen in Geddington, a good number of bats seen at numerous other sites were probably this species

Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red ListRSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto

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