Bats use unique ultrasonic sound frequency for detection of habitat and prey. All insectivores bats use such species specific sounds detected by advanced ultrasonic Bat detectors.
IBCRU, Harrison Institute UK, Ela Foundation Pune, Mhadei Research Center, are together undertaking extensive documentation of Bat Echolocation calls across diverse landscapes and habitats, building an Echolocation call database on Indian bats.
Echolocation calls help us study and understand the bat diversity in a particular habitat or ecosystem, species habitat preferences, bat diversity hotspots, critical sites, better understanding natural linkages, and will help in preparing management and restoration plans to conserve the rich Indian bat heritage .