About Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl, 1817)
The common bent-wing bat, scientifically named Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl, 1817), is also called Schreibers's long-fingered bat or Schreibers's bat. It is an insectivorous bat species. Both its common name and scientific name honor Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers. Evidence suggests this species dispersed from a subtropical origin, and it is distributed across the southern Palearctic, Ethiopic, Oriental, and Australian regions. In Europe, it occurs in the southern half of the continent, ranging from Iberia to the Caucasus, with the largest populations located in the warmer Mediterranean area.
Confirmed populations of the common bent-wing bat are found in Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cameroon, China, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Georgia, Gibraltar, Greece, Guinea, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Malaysia, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Vietnam, and Yemen. Its presence is considered possible in Ethiopia and Kenya. In 2018, the common bent-wing bat became established for the first time in Poland, which indicates a northward range expansion for the species, even though Europe overall has seen a trend of decreasing populations for this bat.
