The first winter record of Nyctalus noctula in northeastern Ukraine
The common noctule is considered a typical species of migratory bats in the forest-steppe of northeastern Ukraine. In the last few years, the species has shown a tendency to expand its wintering range. Wintering common noctules were recorded throughout Ukraine, including neighbouring with the curren...
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irk-123456789-1650162020-02-12T01:27:31Z The first winter record of Nyctalus noctula in northeastern Ukraine Merzlikin, I. Знахідки рідкісних видів The common noctule is considered a typical species of migratory bats in the forest-steppe of northeastern Ukraine. In the last few years, the species has shown a tendency to expand its wintering range. Wintering common noctules were recorded throughout Ukraine, including neighbouring with the current record regions. The first record of the species during winter in the territory of Sumy region is noted. The finding of an individual (young male) of the common noctule in the basement of a multi-storey building in Sumy city on 10 January 2017 is described. The present record expands the boundaries of the currently recognized wintering range of the species to 150 km northward and 200 km eastward from other known winter record localities of the species. Вечірниця дозірна є типовим перелітним видом кажанів лісостепу північно-східної України, який в останні роки проявляє тенденцію до розширення зимівельного ареалу. Вечірницю дозірну реєстрували на місцях зимівлі по всій Україні, у тому числі і в суміжних із Сумською областях. Відмічено перший випадок реєстрації виду в зимовий час на території Сумської обл. Описано знахідку однієї особини (молодий самець) вечірниці дозірної у підвалі багатоповерхового будинку в м. Суми 10.01.2017 р. Ця реєстрація розширює межі відомого зимового ареалу виду на 150 км північніше і на 200 км східніше від інших відомих місць знахідок виду в зимовий час. 2018 Article The first winter record of Nyctalus noctula in northeastern Ukraine / I. Merzlikin // Theriologia Ukrainica. — 2018. — Т. 16. — С. 171–172. — Бібліогр.: 8 назв. — англ. 2616-7379 DOI: http://doi.org/10.15407/pts2018.16.171 http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/handle/123456789/165016 599.4:574(477) en Theriologia Ukrainica Національний науково-природничий музей НАН України |
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Theriologia Ukrainica, 16: 171–172 (2018)
http://doi.org/10.15407/pts2018.16.171
UDC 599.4:574(477)
THE FIRST WINTER RECORD OF NYCTALUS NOCTULA
IN NORTHEASTERN UKRAINE
Igor Merzlikin
State Pedagogical University of Sumy (Sumy, Ukraine)
Correspondence to: I. Merzlikin; State Pedagogical University of Sumy; Romenska St. 87, Sumy, 40002, Ukraine;
e-mail: mirdaodzi@gmail.com
The first winter record of Nyctalus noctula in northeastern Ukraine. — I. Merzlikin. — The common noc-
tule is considered a typical species of migratory bats in the forest-steppe of northeastern Ukraine. In the last few
years, the species has shown a tendency to expand its wintering range. Wintering common noctules were re-
corded throughout Ukraine, including neighbouring with the current record regions. The first record of the spe-
cies during winter in the territory of Sumy region is noted. The finding of an individual (young male) of the
common noctule in the basement of a multi-storey building in Sumy city on 10 January 2017 is described. The
present record expands the boundaries of the currently recognized wintering range of the species to 150 km
northward and 200 km eastward from other known winter record localities of the species.
Key words: Nyctalus noctula, wintering, winter finds, northeastern Ukraine, Sumy.
Перша зимова знахідка Nyctalus noctula на північному сході України. — І. Мерзлікін. — Вечірниця
дозірна є типовим перелітним видом кажанів лісостепу північно-східної України, який в останні роки
проявляє тенденцію до розширення зимівельного ареалу. Вечірницю дозірну реєстрували на місцях зи-
мівлі по всій Україні, у тому числі і в суміжних із Сумською областях. Відмічено перший випадок ре-
єстрації виду в зимовий час на території Сумської обл. Описано знахідку однієї особини (молодий са-
мець) вечірниці дозірної у підвалі багатоповерхового будинку в м. Суми 10.01.2017 р. Ця реєстрація
розширює межі відомого зимового ареалу виду на 150 км північніше і на 200 км східніше від інших ві-
домих місць знахідок виду в зимовий час.
Ключові слова : Nyctalus noctula, зимівля, зимові знахідки, північно-східна Україна, Суми.
Introduction
The current state of the development of fauna is characterized by significant changes of the mi-
gration status of a number of species, including bats. Among the species that during the last decades
have shown a tendency to expand their wintering range is the common nuctule (Zagorodniuk, Re-
brov, 2014). It is a typical migrant bet species of the forest-steppe of northeastern Ukraine (Abelent-
sev, Popov, 1956; Zagorodniuk, 2001). However, during recent years several cases of findings of
wintering individuals of this species were reported throughout Ukraine, including the neighbouring
regions such as Kharkiv, Chernihiv, and Poltava (Vlashchenko, 1999; Rodenko et al., 2014; Prilut-
skaya, Vlashchenko, 2013; Godlevska, 2015), thus it was expected to find the species in the Sumy
region as well.
The author have gathered data on records of bats in Sumy city and in the Sumy region for many
years. They include results of the author’s own investigations, as well as data on animals brought by
colleagues, students, and townspeople who are interested in this group of animals. A special atten-
tion is paid to synanthropic species and those which are in the process of synanthropization.
The aim of the present work is to describe the first case of finding of the common noctule dur-
ing winter in the territory of the Sumy region.
I. Merzlikin
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Results and discussion
A bat identified as a common noctule was brought to the Department of Human and Animal Bi-
ology. It was a young male with unworn tooth crowns. The bat was found on 10 January 2017 in a
basement of a multi-storey building in Sumy city. It was a single record and no bats were discovered
here earlier. Since the common noctule hibernates in groups (Abelentsev, Popov, 1968), it is possible
that this individual got to the basement due to disturbance of the wintering colony in which it was
hibernating originally. The bat was severely exhausted because it was kept in a cardboard box with-
out proper care or several days, and, eventually, died. The length of its forearm was 55 mm, its
weight 20.5 g. The species identification was confirmed by colleagues (I. Zagorodniuk, pers.
comm.).
Currently, the wintering of the common noctule is known for 23 of the 25 administrative re-
gions of Ukraine (Godlevska, 2015). The described here record expands the known boundaries of the
wintering range of the common noctule in Ukraine. It is possible that the species hibernated in the
Sumy region earlier, but it remained unknown until recently. Curiously, the present finding is from
the basement of a multi-storey building, which is not a characteristic wintering shelter of the com-
mon noctule in Ukraine (Godlevska, 2012).
This is the first winter record of the common noctule in northeastern Ukraine. It can serve as
evidence for the formation of a new part of the species’ wintering range located far from the closest
winter sightings, namely ca. 150 km northward and northwestward from Poltava and Kharkiv and
200 km eastward from Nizhyn.
Acknowledgements
The author is thankful to I. Zagorodniuk for consultations and valuable remarks, and to Z. Bar-
kaszi for translating the manuscript into English. The research was conducted in the frames of the
scientific research theme “The fauna and ecology of animals of northeastern Ukraine under condi-
tions of anthropogenic pressure” of the Department of Human and Animal Biology of the State
Pedagogical University of Sumy.
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