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Bats in Ecuador (1 Viewer)

Maffong

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Back in 2009/10 I used to live inEcuador as an international exchange student. During my stay I came across a lot of bats, but could only get pictures of a few.
Now I wonder what these are.
I think that the bats in pictures 1 and 5 are probably White-lined Sac-winged Bats, but is it possible to narrow them down even further?
Pictures 2 and 3 show the same bats and I think I found a pretty equal-looking bat in the mammal book of ecuador, but don't remember their name. They were apparently feeding on nectar, as I saw them quite often in the morning flying around some flowers.
The bat in picture 4 is probably unidentifiable, or is it?
Pic 1 was taken in Cuyabeo Nationalpark, near Lago Agrios
Pics 2+3 were taken at Puerto Lopez on the Ecuadorian coast
Pics 4+5 were taken at Yasunì Lodge, close to the town of Coca (Puerto Francisco de Orellana)

Maybe somebody knows something and can help me here...

Kind regards
Maffong
 

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I figured so far that pic 5 shows Long-nosed Bats, and maybe that's also the species in pic 1.

Anybody else has any ideas

Cheers Maffong
 
The bats in photo 5 look very much like the Proboscis Bats (Rhynchonycteris naso) I saw in Nicaragua. I think the same species is found in Ecuador.

The bats in the first photo are not the same species. They look more like one of the other sac-winged bats, perhaps one of the White-lined (Saccopteryx) although I'm not sure what the options are in Ecuador.
 
The bat in photo 5 might be one of the Fishing Bats (Noctilio). Was it hunting low over water? Otherwise It's probably very difficult to identify.
 
The bats in photos 2&3 are outside my very limited knowledge. They're leaf-nosed bats of some description which feed on fruit etc. Sorry I can't be more help!
 
Yes indeed, bat #4 was hunting over a river, pretty low, so fishing bat seems logical. Thanks also for the info on the other bats.

Cheers Maffong
 
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