What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Schreibers's Long-fingered Bat been recorded?

Miniopterus schreibersii occurrence evidence comes from 2,340 records in 43 countries and territories, from 1908 to 2026. Most records come from Bulgaria.

MammaliaChiropteraMiniopteridaeMiniopterus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

2,340 records across 43 countries and territories, 1908–2026.

Miniopterus schreibersii · GBIF taxon key 9796816

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-21. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: October.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19082026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Schreibers's Long-fingered Bat has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Schreibers's Long-fingered Bat. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Bulgaria 1,035
Namibia 415
Morocco 160
Philippines 98
South Africa 96
Australia 75
Zambia 54
Taiwan 47
Kenya 40
Madagascar 34
Türkiye 31
Papua New Guinea 30
Montenegro 27
Indonesia 26
Spain 21
Malaysia 17
Mozambique 17
Tanzania 13
France 12
Croatia 12
Italy 8
Burundi 7
Hungary 7
Portugal 7
Cyprus 6
DR Congo 5
Tunisia 5
Ukraine 5
China 4
Greece 4
Uganda 3
Algeria 2
Hong Kong 2
Japan 2
Laos 2
Solomon Islands 2
South Sudan 2
Vietnam 2
India 1
Iran 1

Showing the top 40 of 43 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Miniopteridae.

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.