What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Kuhl's pipistrelle been recorded?

Pipistrellus kuhlii occurrence evidence comes from 1,131 records in 30 countries and territories, from 1888 to 2026. Most records come from Egypt.

Kuhl's pipistrelle
Kuhl's pipistrelle — Photo (display-sized rendition): Leonardoancillotto86 · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
MammaliaChiropteraVespertilionidaePipistrellus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1,131 records across 30 countries and territories, 1888–2026.

Pipistrellus kuhlii · GBIF taxon key 5218464

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: September.

11 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

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak month: September. 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

18882026

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

Where Kuhl's pipistrelle has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Kuhl's pipistrelle. 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
Egypt 416
Iraq 174
Morocco 126
Iran 125
Spain 67
Afghanistan 37
Israel 36
France 26
Bulgaria 21
Türkiye 19
Montenegro 17
Belgium 12
Kenya 8
Cyprus 7
Switzerland 5
Italy 5
Uganda 5
Lebanon 4
Yemen 4
Algeria 3
Tunisia 3
Croatia 2
Romania 2
Austria 1
Djibouti 1
United Kingdom 1
Greece 1
Pakistan 1
Sweden 1
Tanzania 1

Related animals

Others in the family Vespertilionidae.

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33,835 records
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28,476 records
Banana Bat
1,055 records
Savi's Pipistrelle
Savi's Pipistrelle
421 records
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.