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Common bent-wing bat

Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl, 1817)

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The common bent-wing bat (Miniopterus schreibersii) is a species in the family Miniopteridae, order Chiroptera. Recorded adults weigh 11.2 g to 11.5 g and live up to 14 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

Common bent-wing bat (Miniopterus schreibersii)
Photo: Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the common bent-wing bat

Weight
11.2 g – 11.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
30.9 cmsrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
14 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
22 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
113 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
0.995src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
21.9 months – 2 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the common bent-wing bat?

COMMON BENT-WING BAT · WINGSPAN 30.9 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 30.9 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the common bent-wing bat is about 18% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the common bent-wing bat live?

Not recorded

What is the common bent-wing bat?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The common bent-wing bat (Miniopterus schreibersii), also known as the Schreibers's long-fingered bat or Schreibers's bat, is a species of insectivorous bat. They appear to have dispersed from a subtropical origin and distributed throughout the southern Palearctic, Ethiopic, Oriental, and Australian regions. In Europe, it is present in the southern half on the continent from Iberia to the Caucasus, with the largest populations found in the warmer Mediterranean area. The common and scientific names honor Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers.

From the Wikipedia article “Common bent-wing bat” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Common_bent-wing_bat&oldid=1374332004), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the common bent-wing bat endangered?

The common bent-wing bat is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species.

How is the common bent-wing bat classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderChiroptera
  5. familyMiniopteridae
  6. genusMiniopterus
  7. SpeciesMiniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl, 1817)

Synonyms Miniopterus italicus, Miniopterus oceanensis, Miniopterus oreinii, Miniopterus schreibersi, Miniopterus schreibersi baussensis, Miniopterus schreibersii orsinii, Miniopterus schreibersii schreibersii, Miniopterus ursinii, Minopterus inexpectatus, Vespertilio orsinii, Vespertilio schreibersii, Vespertilio schreibersii, Vespertilio ursinii

Other names and names in other languages (17)
  • Common Bentwing batEnglish
  • Common Bentwing batEnglish
  • Schreiber's bent-winged batEnglish
  • Schreiber's bent-winged batEnglish
  • Schreiber's long-fingered batEnglish
  • Schreiber's long-fingered batEnglish
  • Schreibers' batEnglish
  • Schreibers' long-fingered batEnglish
  • Schreibers' long-fingered batEnglish
  • Schreibers's long-fingered batEnglish
  • Schreibers’s long-fingered batEnglish
  • ΠτερυγονυχτερίδαGreek
  • Murciélago de CuevaSpanish
  • Minioptère de SchreibersFrench
  • Miniottero di SchreiberItalian
  • langvleugelvleermuisDutch
  • Schreibers vleermuisDutch

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

Relatives of the common bent-wing bat

Other species in the same genus Miniopterus.

CompareCommon bent-wing bat vs Little bent-wing batCommon bent-wing bat vs Southeast Asian long-fingered batCommon bent-wing bat vs Greater long-fingered batCommon bent-wing bat vs Lesser long-fingered bat

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the common bent-wing bat?

An adult common bent-wing bat weighs 11.2 g – 11.5 g and has a wingspan of 30.9 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the common bent-wing bat endangered?

The common bent-wing bat is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

How long does the common bent-wing bat live?

The common bent-wing bat has a recorded lifespan of 14 years.

How long is the common bent-wing bat pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 113 days.

What kind of animal is the common bent-wing bat?

The common bent-wing bat (Miniopterus schreibersii) belongs to the family Miniopteridae in the order Chiroptera.

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BibTeX
@misc{common_bent_wing_bat_2026,
  title = {Common bent-wing bat (Miniopterus schreibersii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-bent-wing-bat},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}