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Stephen R Griffiths¹

¹Department of Zoology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia. stepheng@unimelb.edu.au

Behavioural Processes

|May 25, 2013

Summary

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Bats produce terminal buzz calls while drinking on the wing, a behavior previously uninvestigated. This finding suggests drinking buzzes may serve as an indicator of drinking activity in echolocating bats.

Keywords:

Bats Drinking buzz Echolocation Terminal phase call Thermal video

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Bioacoustics
Behavioral Ecology
Mammalogy

Background:

Echolocating bats utilize terminal buzz calls during aerial prey capture.
The function of buzz calls during non-feeding behaviors, such as drinking, remains unexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate whether echolocating bats emit buzz calls while drinking on the wing.
To provide the first empirical evidence of drinking buzz calls in bats.

Main Methods:

Acoustic recordings were made of bats during drinking passes at a water source.
Echolocation calls, specifically terminal buzzes, were analyzed from recorded drinking events.

Main Results:

Terminal buzz calls were consistently emitted by bats immediately before water contact during drinking.
The characteristic frequencies of these drinking buzzes ranged from 25kHz to 50kHz, indicating potential species variation.

Conclusions:

This study presents the first evidence of bats using terminal buzz calls while drinking on the wing.
Drinking buzzes may be a widespread behavior in echolocating bats and could be used to quantify drinking rates.