Bat Echolocation Calls from Portugal with GPS and Species Metadata

Portugal is the geographic scope for this collection of bat echolocation calls in .zc and .wav formats. The Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery platform compiled the data, which includes embedded metadata such as collection date, GPS location, and species identification where available. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-01.

Use Cases

• Analyze bat species distribution based on GPS location metadata mentioned in the description
• Study bat echolocation call characteristics using the provided .wav and .zc audio files
• Filter and search for specific call recordings based on date and contributor details as described
• Investigate multi-species acoustic interactions where files contain calls from multiple species

Strengths

• Includes embedded metadata such as GPS location and collection date for each call file
• Contains both identified and unidentified bat calls, providing a realistic field sample
• Files are available in .zc and .wav formats, which are common in bioacoustics

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Some audio files contain calls from multiple species, but only one species may be identified

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Collection of recorded echolocation calls from Portugal.

Time Range

Collection date is embedded in call files, but overall temporal coverage is unspecified.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-01 06:38:38.881534; freshness should be verified

Geography

Portugal