Proceedings of the National Museum of Natural History, 2012, Nr 10, pages 31-41
Results of Bat (Chiroptera) Ringing on the Territory of Kharkov Region (2002–2012)
Vlaschenko A. S. Summary:
On the territory of Kharkov from 2002 to 2011 region 6935 individuals of 12 bat species (M. dauben-
tonii, M. dasycneme, M. brandtii, M. nattereri, N. noctula, N. leisleri E. serotinus P. pipistrellus/pygmaeus,
P. nathusii, P. kuhlii, V. murinus and Pl. auritus) were ringed. The ringing were done mainly on the
locations of long-term bat research work: National Nature Park “Gomolshanskie lessy” (Zmiev district)
(n = 2239), Liptsy mines (Kharkov district) (n = 421), Kharkov city (n = 2590) and abandoned open
pit (Izum district) (n = 848). Four different bird-ring sizes and five special bat-ring sizes were used. 299
individuals of all banded species were recaptured. The overwhelming majority of recaptureis were done
in the same location of ringing (up to 2 km), only one distant recapture — 16 km for M. daubentonii. The
maximal ages: M. daubentonii — 5 years and 8 months, N. noctula — 5 years, E. serotinus — 4 years and
10 months. Resident winter aggregation of N. noctula (species in past – long-distant migrant) has formed
in the Kharkov city area. N. noctula comes to the area in the middle-end of August and comes out in
the end of March and the beginning of April. We estimated the injury by rings of different sizes. We can
confirm that a little percent of injuring bats could be with using species bat-rings also. Keywords:
bats, ringing, recaptures, Kharkov region. Address:
Interdepartmental research laboratory “Study of biodiversity and development of nature reserve management” (Biology Research Institute of Kharkov National University, NNP “Gomolshanskie lessy”), Svobody sq. 4, Kharkov, 61077, Ukraine,vlaschenko@yandex.ru
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