Common name
White-striped Freetail Bat
Alternate name
White-striped Mastiff-bat
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APC
Lower Risk (Least Concern)
Comment
Common and widespread.
Stronghold population
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Local distribution
Widespread in most habitats included disturbed and urban areas
Known location
Southport, Coomera, Currumbin Waters, Carrara, Coombabah, Nerang, Bannockburn, Ashmore, Oxenford, Pi
Other locality
Common and widespread in all habitats.
General ecology
Open forest, woodland, rainforest, farmland, suburbia.
Specific ecology
Roosts in tree hollows, under bark, in buildings.
Habitat comment
One of the most common and widespread bats. Flies high and calls loudly. The only insectivorous bat that is easily heard at night, and thus recorded more frequently than other common bats. Adapts readily to urban areas and often heard above houses at night.
