Eastern red bats carry a NatureServe S4 apparently secure rank in Louisiana, though the species’ G3 global rank reflects broader range-wide vulnerability, largely from wind-turbine mortality during migration. The record leans overwhelmingly on GBIF (303 of 315 records), meaning acoustic and capture surveys, not casual sightings, document most of what’s known about this solitary, foliage-roosting bat here.
June and July together account for 191 of the 315 records, more than 60 percent of the entire year’s total, an extraordinarily concentrated summer peak that tracks the maternity-colony season, with the rest of the year settling to a low, steady baseline under 20 sightings per month.
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